The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Հատոր 3T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811 |
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... mentioning a very mischievous one , that was erected in the reign of King Charles the Second : I mean , the Club of Duellists , in which none was to be admitted that had not fought his man . The president of No. 9 . 29 SPECTATOR .
... mentioning a very mischievous one , that was erected in the reign of King Charles the Second : I mean , the Club of Duellists , in which none was to be admitted that had not fought his man . The president of No. 9 . 29 SPECTATOR .
Էջ 44
... Mention the name of an absent lady , and it is ten to one but you learn some- thing of her gown and petticoat . A ball is a great help to discourse , and a birth - day furnishes conversation for a twelvemonth after . A furbelow of ...
... Mention the name of an absent lady , and it is ten to one but you learn some- thing of her gown and petticoat . A ball is a great help to discourse , and a birth - day furnishes conversation for a twelvemonth after . A furbelow of ...
Էջ 56
... mention the cockleshell - merchants and spider - catchers . When I consider how each of these professions are crowded with multitudes that seek their livelihood in them , and how many men of merit there are in each of them , who may be ...
... mention the cockleshell - merchants and spider - catchers . When I consider how each of these professions are crowded with multitudes that seek their livelihood in them , and how many men of merit there are in each of them , who may be ...
Էջ 70
... mention flying pigs , and hogs in armour , with many other creatures more extraordinary than any in the deserts of Afric . Strange that one who has all the birds and beasts in nature to chuse out of , should live at the sign of an Ens ...
... mention flying pigs , and hogs in armour , with many other creatures more extraordinary than any in the deserts of Afric . Strange that one who has all the birds and beasts in nature to chuse out of , should live at the sign of an Ens ...
Էջ 77
... mention the lions , that are almost a whole day's journey from the politer part of the town . By this means people of figure are forced to lose half the winter after their coming to town , before they have seen all the strange sights ...
... mention the lions , that are almost a whole day's journey from the politer part of the town . By this means people of figure are forced to lose half the winter after their coming to town , before they have seen all the strange sights ...
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Էջ 105 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel, Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous, and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls?
Էջ 69 - I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Էջ 39 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Էջ 373 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Էջ 8 - It is said, he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him.
Էջ 324 - Examine now, said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide.
Էջ 327 - The Genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating; but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Էջ 323 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Էջ 6 - I never espoused any party with violence, and am resolved to observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories, unless I shall be forced to declare myself by the hostilities of either side. In short, I have acted in all the parts of my life as a looker-on, which is the character I intend to preserve in this paper.
Էջ 334 - Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.