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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... to be happy . After a long struggle between love and friend- ship , truth and jealousy , they one day took a walk together into a wood , carrying their mistress along with them ; where , after abundance of la- No. 215 . 5 THE SPECTATOR .
... to be happy . After a long struggle between love and friend- ship , truth and jealousy , they one day took a walk together into a wood , carrying their mistress along with them ; where , after abundance of la- No. 215 . 5 THE SPECTATOR .
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... carry off our dead men , for so we call all those fragments and tatters with which the room is strewed , and which we pack up together in bundles , and put into the aforesaid coach . It is no small diversion for us to meet the next ...
... carry off our dead men , for so we call all those fragments and tatters with which the room is strewed , and which we pack up together in bundles , and put into the aforesaid coach . It is no small diversion for us to meet the next ...
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... carried something hidden under his cloak . A certain acquaintance desiring him to let him know what it was he ... carry more in them * A noted charm for agues , said to have been invented by Basilides , a heretic of the second century ...
... carried something hidden under his cloak . A certain acquaintance desiring him to let him know what it was he ... carry more in them * A noted charm for agues , said to have been invented by Basilides , a heretic of the second century ...
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... carried out of their way either by violent passions or keen appetite to any thing . To men addicted to delights , business is an inter- ruption ; to such as are cold to delights , business is an entertainment . For which reason it was ...
... carried out of their way either by violent passions or keen appetite to any thing . To men addicted to delights , business is an inter- ruption ; to such as are cold to delights , business is an entertainment . For which reason it was ...
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... carry for their own private use . In the mean time , I shall pay that respect to seve- ral gentlemen , who I know will be in danger of offending against this instrument , to give them notice of it by private letters , in which I shall ...
... carry for their own private use . In the mean time , I shall pay that respect to seve- ral gentlemen , who I know will be in danger of offending against this instrument , to give them notice of it by private letters , in which I shall ...
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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...