The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... conversations , into which these memorials of them may give light . ' Pharamond , when he had a mind to retire for an hour or two from the hurry of business and fatigue of ceremony , made a signal to Eucrate , by putting his hand to his ...
... conversations , into which these memorials of them may give light . ' Pharamond , when he had a mind to retire for an hour or two from the hurry of business and fatigue of ceremony , made a signal to Eucrate , by putting his hand to his ...
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... conversation of the four lovers with the spirit in which the young lady I had an account from , re- presented it at a visit where I had the honour to be present ; but it seems Dick Crastin , the admirer of Honoria , and Tom Tulip , the ...
... conversation of the four lovers with the spirit in which the young lady I had an account from , re- presented it at a visit where I had the honour to be present ; but it seems Dick Crastin , the admirer of Honoria , and Tom Tulip , the ...
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... conversation fell upon untimely pas- sion , after - love , and unseasonable youth . Tulip sung , danced , moved before the glass , led his mis- tress half a minuet , hummed Celia the fair , in the bloom of fifteen ! when there came a ...
... conversation fell upon untimely pas- sion , after - love , and unseasonable youth . Tulip sung , danced , moved before the glass , led his mis- tress half a minuet , hummed Celia the fair , in the bloom of fifteen ! when there came a ...
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... conversation ; I mean that intercourse and com- munication which every reasonable creature ought to maintain with the great Author of his being . The man who lives under an habitual sense of the divine presence keeps up a perpetual ...
... conversation ; I mean that intercourse and com- munication which every reasonable creature ought to maintain with the great Author of his being . The man who lives under an habitual sense of the divine presence keeps up a perpetual ...
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... conversation of a well - chosen friend . There is indeed no blessing of life that is any way compa- rable to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend . It eases and unloads the mind , clears and improves the understanding ...
... conversation of a well - chosen friend . There is indeed no blessing of life that is any way compa- rable to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend . It eases and unloads the mind , clears and improves the understanding ...
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Էջ 360 - ... human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge.
Էջ 357 - What thou seest, said he, is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. 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 356 - I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and passing from one thought to another, ' Surely,' said I, ' man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Էջ 120 - At his first settling with me, I made him a present of all the good sermons which have been printed in English, and only begged of him that every Sunday he would pronounce one of them in the pulpit. Accordingly he has digested them into such a series, that they follow one another naturally, and make a continued system of practical divinity.
Էջ 120 - I have taken notice of it, has never in all that time asked anything of me for himself, though he is every day soliciting me for something in behalf of one or other of my tenants his parishioners. There has not been a law-suit in the parish since he has lived among them ; if any dispute arises, they apply themselves to him for the decision ; if they do not acquiesce in his judgment, which I think never happened above once or twice at most, they appeal to me.
Էջ 161 - So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Էջ 357 - He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock, and placing me on the top of it, ' Cast thy eyes eastward,' said he, 'and tell me what thou seest.' 'I See,' said I, ' a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it.
Էջ 192 - ... could not forbear discovering greater expressions of mirth than ordinary upon the appearance of this monstrous face, under which, notwithstanding it was made to frown and stare in a most extraordinary manner, I could still discover a distant resemblance of my old friend. Sir Roger, upon seeing me laugh/ desired me to tell him truly if I thought it possible for people to know him in that disguise. I at first kept my usual silence; but upon the knight's conjuring me to tell him whether it was not...
Էջ 358 - As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon further examination perceived there were innumerable trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers no sooner trod upon but they fell through them into the tide and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud hut many of...
Էջ 143 - He has often told me, that at his coming to his estate he found his parishioners very irregular; and that in order to make them kneel, and join in the responses, he gave every one of them a hassock and a Common Prayer Book : and at the same time employed an itinerant...