The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the lives of the authors, and explanatory notes. 12 vols. [in 6]., Հատորներ 5-6 |
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Արդյունքներ 43–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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Discourses of morality , and reflections upon human nature , are the best means
we can make use of to improve our minds , and gain a true knowledge of
ourselves , and consequently to recover our souls out of the vice , ignorance ,
and ...
Discourses of morality , and reflections upon human nature , are the best means
we can make use of to improve our minds , and gain a true knowledge of
ourselves , and consequently to recover our souls out of the vice , ignorance ,
and ...
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Much reflection has brought me to so easy a contempt for every thing which is
false , that this heavy accusation gave me no manner of uneasiness , but at the
same time it threw me into deep thought upon the subject of fame in general ; and
I ...
Much reflection has brought me to so easy a contempt for every thing which is
false , that this heavy accusation gave me no manner of uneasiness , but at the
same time it threw me into deep thought upon the subject of fame in general ; and
I ...
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For my part , I think there is no reflection more astonishing , than to consider one
of these gentlemen spending a fair fortune , running in every body ' s debt without
the least apprehension of a future reckoning , and at last leaving , not only his ...
For my part , I think there is no reflection more astonishing , than to consider one
of these gentlemen spending a fair fortune , running in every body ' s debt without
the least apprehension of a future reckoning , and at last leaving , not only his ...
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And if a man would thoroughly consider how much worse than banishment it
must be to his child , to ride by the estate which should have been his , had it not
been for his father ' s injustice to him , he would be smitten with the reflection
more ...
And if a man would thoroughly consider how much worse than banishment it
must be to his child , to ride by the estate which should have been his , had it not
been for his father ' s injustice to him , he would be smitten with the reflection
more ...
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... will not only oblige me , but him also ; for though he does not covet it , I know
he will be as grateful in acknowledging your favour as if he had asked it . ' * * So
far was written by Hughes . BY STEELE . MR . SPECTATOR , • The reflections No
.
... will not only oblige me , but him also ; for though he does not covet it , I know
he will be as grateful in acknowledging your favour as if he had asked it . ' * * So
far was written by Hughes . BY STEELE . MR . SPECTATOR , • The reflections No
.
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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...
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| Վերնագիր | The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the lives of the authors, and explanatory notes. 12 vols. [in 6]., Հատորներ 5-6 |
| Հեղինակ | Spectator The |
| Հրատարակված | 1853 |
| Original from | Օքսֆորդի համալսարան |
| Digitized | 21 Սեպտեմբեր 2006 |
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