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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Spectator The. ble , we see it sometimes only begun to be chip- ped , sometimes rough hewn , and but just sketch- ed into a human figure ; sometimes we see the man appearing distinctly in all his limbs and fea- tures ; sometimes we find ...
Spectator The. ble , we see it sometimes only begun to be chip- ped , sometimes rough hewn , and but just sketch- ed into a human figure ; sometimes we see the man appearing distinctly in all his limbs and fea- tures ; sometimes we find ...
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Spectator The. you are now past a chicken : this humour , which was well enough in a girl , is insufferable in one of your motherly character . ' With that she lost all patience , and flew directly at her husband's periwig . I got her in ...
Spectator The. you are now past a chicken : this humour , which was well enough in a girl , is insufferable in one of your motherly character . ' With that she lost all patience , and flew directly at her husband's periwig . I got her in ...
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Spectator The. the assailants of his renown do but show their pain and impatience of its brightness , without throwing the least shade upon it . If the founda- tion of a high name be virtue and service , all that is offered against it is ...
Spectator The. the assailants of his renown do but show their pain and impatience of its brightness , without throwing the least shade upon it . If the founda- tion of a high name be virtue and service , all that is offered against it is ...
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Spectator The. evil , how careful ought a man to be in his lan- guage of a merchant ? It may possibly be in the power of a very shallow creature to lay the ruin of the best family in the most opulent city : and the more so , the more ...
Spectator The. evil , how careful ought a man to be in his lan- guage of a merchant ? It may possibly be in the power of a very shallow creature to lay the ruin of the best family in the most opulent city : and the more so , the more ...
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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...