AddisonClarendon Press, 1875 - 528 էջ |
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... proper text ' in the first eighteen num- bers , which is at the rate of 3000 errors for the whole work , it may surprise the reader to learn that , whereas he claims that by taking the readings in brackets at the foot of his page ...
... proper text ' in the first eighteen num- bers , which is at the rate of 3000 errors for the whole work , it may surprise the reader to learn that , whereas he claims that by taking the readings in brackets at the foot of his page ...
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... proper assurance in his own vin- dication . He says , it is a civil cowardice to be backward in asserting what you ought to expect , as it is a military fear to be slow in attacking when it is your duty . With this candor does 40 the ...
... proper assurance in his own vin- dication . He says , it is a civil cowardice to be backward in asserting what you ought to expect , as it is a military fear to be slow in attacking when it is your duty . With this candor does 40 the ...
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... proper subjects for raillery . He was going on , when Sir Andrew Freeport took him up short , and told him , that the papers he hinted at had done great good in the city , and that all their wives and daughters were the better 20 for ...
... proper subjects for raillery . He was going on , when Sir Andrew Freeport took him up short , and told him , that the papers he hinted at had done great good in the city , and that all their wives and daughters were the better 20 for ...
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... proper commas " . They are obliged indeed to be thus lavish of their praises , that they may keep one another in countenance , and it is no wonder if a great deal of knowledge , which is not capable of making a man wise , has a natural ...
... proper commas " . They are obliged indeed to be thus lavish of their praises , that they may keep one another in countenance , and it is no wonder if a great deal of knowledge , which is not capable of making a man wise , has a natural ...
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... proper to enforce what has been penned by greater masters . This would not only be more easy to themselves , but more edifying to the people . - L . [ Steele seems to have had a strong liking for the character of Sir Roger , and not to ...
... proper to enforce what has been penned by greater masters . This would not only be more easy to themselves , but more edifying to the people . - L . [ Steele seems to have had a strong liking for the character of Sir Roger , and not to ...
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acquainted acrostic Addison Alcibiades appear atheist beautiful behaviour Ben Jonson body called chearfulness Cicero club consider conversation creatures death desire discourse divine DRYDEN endeavour English entertained Enville eternity faculties father Freeport friend Sir Roger gentleman give greatest hand happiness head heart Honeycomb honour Hudibras humour infinite irreligion kind king knight lady learned letter likewise live look Malebranche mankind manner marriage means mind mirth modesty morality nation nature never observed occasion opera ourselves OVID paper particular party passion perfection person philosopher pleased pleasure Plutarch poet present reader reason Rechteren reflexion religion ridiculous Roger de Coverley says secret shew short Socrates soul Spectator speculations Tatler tells temper Theodosius thing thought tion Titus Oates told VIRG Virgil virtue Whig whole woman women words writing
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Էջ 210 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Էջ 403 - The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other ? What thou seest...
Էջ 470 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts -with joy.
Էջ 468 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Էջ 12 - 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, 20 Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator?
Էջ 403 - ... 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, but many of them fell into them. • They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Էջ 471 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Էջ 117 - Our ships are laden with the harvest of every climate. Our tables are stored with spices and oils and wines. Our rooms are filled with pyramids of China, and adorned with the workmanship of Japan. Our morning's draught comes to us from the remotest corners of the earth. We repair our bodies by the drugs of America, and repose ourselves under Indian canopies. My friend Sir Andrew calls the vineyards of France our gardens; the spice-islands, our hot-beds; the Persians our silk-weavers, and the Chinese...
Էջ 37 - Mr. such an one, if he pleased, might take the law of him for fishing in that part of the river. My friend Sir Roger heard them both upon a round trot; and after having paused some time, told them, with the air of a man who would not give his judgment rashly, that much might be said on both sides.
Էջ 20 - found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required of him, is, they tell me, a good scholar, though he does not show it. I have given him the parsonage of the parish ; and, because I know his value, have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he outlives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years ; and though he does...