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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Արդյունքներ 62–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... speaking ; as those who have had the advan- tages of a more liberal education rise above one another by several different degrees of perfection . For , to return to our statue in the block of mar- ble , we see it sometimes only begun to ...
... speaking ; as those who have had the advan- tages of a more liberal education rise above one another by several different degrees of perfection . For , to return to our statue in the block of mar- ble , we see it sometimes only begun to ...
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... speak to you : I say , madam , this fellow here is to know of me myself , whether I am at leisure to see company or not . I am , from this man- - hour , master of this house ; and my business No. 216 . 9 THE SPECTATOR .
... speak to you : I say , madam , this fellow here is to know of me myself , whether I am at leisure to see company or not . I am , from this man- - hour , master of this house ; and my business No. 216 . 9 THE SPECTATOR .
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... speak or move . As she does not want sense , if she takes these hints , I am happy ; if not , I am more than afraid , that these things , which shock me even in the behaviour of a mistress , will ap- pear insupportable in that of a wife ...
... speak or move . As she does not want sense , if she takes these hints , I am happy ; if not , I am more than afraid , that these things , which shock me even in the behaviour of a mistress , will ap- pear insupportable in that of a wife ...
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... speak , a merchant hurt in his credit ; and him who , eve- ry day he lived , literally added to the value of his native country , undone by one who was only a burden and a blemish to it . Since every body who knows the world is sensible ...
... speak , a merchant hurt in his credit ; and him who , eve- ry day he lived , literally added to the value of his native country , undone by one who was only a burden and a blemish to it . Since every body who knows the world is sensible ...
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... with ; but he would never let any thing he urged against a merchant with whom he had any difference , except in a court of justice . He used to say , that to speak ill of a merchant , was to begin his suit No. 218 . 19 THE SPECTATOR .
... with ; but he would never let any thing he urged against a merchant with whom he had any difference , except in a court of justice . He used to say , that to speak ill of a merchant , was to begin his suit No. 218 . 19 THE SPECTATOR .
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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...