The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the lives of the authors, and explanatory notes. 12 vols. [in 6]., Հատորներ 5-61853 |
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Էջ 32
... greater numbers to this learned man than to his rival . The other , finding his congregation mouldering every Sunday , and hear- ing at length what was the occasion of it , resolv- ed to give his parish a little Latin in his turn ; but ...
... greater numbers to this learned man than to his rival . The other , finding his congregation mouldering every Sunday , and hear- ing at length what was the occasion of it , resolv- ed to give his parish a little Latin in his turn ; but ...
Էջ 38
... greater than another's is , that his wants are also more numerous . what makes so many go on in this way to their life's end is , that they certainly do not know how contemptible they are in the eyes of the rest of mankind , or rather ...
... greater than another's is , that his wants are also more numerous . what makes so many go on in this way to their life's end is , that they certainly do not know how contemptible they are in the eyes of the rest of mankind , or rather ...
Էջ 54
... greater authority to the person who possesses it ; cunning , when it is once detected , loses its force , and makes a man incapable of bringing about even those events which he might have done had he passed only for a plain man ...
... greater authority to the person who possesses it ; cunning , when it is once detected , loses its force , and makes a man incapable of bringing about even those events which he might have done had he passed only for a plain man ...
Էջ 88
... greater profit upon his returns ; and nothing will enable him to do this like the reduction of the price of labour upon all our manufactures . This too would be the ready way to increase the number of our foreign markets : the abatement ...
... greater profit upon his returns ; and nothing will enable him to do this like the reduction of the price of labour upon all our manufactures . This too would be the ready way to increase the number of our foreign markets : the abatement ...
Էջ 89
... greater skill and expedition , and the hundred watches would be finished in one fourth part of the time of the first one , and every one of them at one fourth part of the cost , though the wages of every man were equal . The reduction ...
... greater skill and expedition , and the hundred watches would be finished in one fourth part of the time of the first one , and every one of them at one fourth part of the cost , though the wages of every man were equal . The reduction ...
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Էջ 177 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Էջ 107 - And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Էջ 179 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno to descry new lands, .Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe; His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
Էջ 181 - To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: attention held them mute. Thrice he assayed, and thrice in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth...
Էջ 185 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
Էջ 170 - Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee In unreprove'd pleasures free...
Էջ 180 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.
Էջ 180 - Farewell happy fields, Where joy for ever dwells : Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
Էջ 3 - The figure is in the stone, and the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.
Էջ 6 - It is therefore an unspeakable blessing, to be born in those parts of the world where wisdom and knowledge flourish ; though, it must be confessed, there are, even in these parts, several poor uninstructed persons, who are but little above the inhabitants of those nations of which I have been here speaking...