The Spectator, Հատոր 3William Durell and Company, 1809 |
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Էջ 54
... believe you will say is a pity , considering the use I should have made of it ) , I never travelled in my life ; but I do not know whether I could have spo- * ken of any foreign country with more familiarity than I do at present , in ...
... believe you will say is a pity , considering the use I should have made of it ) , I never travelled in my life ; but I do not know whether I could have spo- * ken of any foreign country with more familiarity than I do at present , in ...
Էջ 69
... believe he will own , what I have a mind he should believe , that I have no small charge upon me , but am a person of some consequence in this world . I shall therefore employ the present hour only in reading petitions , in the order as ...
... believe he will own , what I have a mind he should believe , that I have no small charge upon me , but am a person of some consequence in this world . I shall therefore employ the present hour only in reading petitions , in the order as ...
Էջ 76
... believe him : Ben Jonson ( a ) was almost lamed ; young Bullock ( a ) narrowly saved his neck ; the audience was astonished ; and an old acquaintance of mine , a person of worth , whom I would have bowed to in the pit , at two yards ...
... believe him : Ben Jonson ( a ) was almost lamed ; young Bullock ( a ) narrowly saved his neck ; the audience was astonished ; and an old acquaintance of mine , a person of worth , whom I would have bowed to in the pit , at two yards ...
Էջ 88
... believe , to the right enjoyment of life , is by a prospect towards another , to have but a very mean opinion of it . A great author * of our time has set this in an excellent light , when with a philosophic pity of human life , he ...
... believe , to the right enjoyment of life , is by a prospect towards another , to have but a very mean opinion of it . A great author * of our time has set this in an excellent light , when with a philosophic pity of human life , he ...
Էջ 92
... believe that she hid under that regardless manner the witty prostitute , the rapacious wench , the prodigal courte- zan ? She can , when she pleases , adorn those eyes with tears like an infant that is chid ; she can cast down that ...
... believe that she hid under that regardless manner the witty prostitute , the rapacious wench , the prodigal courte- zan ? She can , when she pleases , adorn those eyes with tears like an infant that is chid ; she can cast down that ...
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Էջ 158 - Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity ; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it.
Էջ 158 - What mean, said I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches. These, said the Genius, are Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair, Love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life.
Էջ 249 - If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me; What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Էջ 156 - 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, 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 thus bounded with darkness...
Էջ 157 - ... 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 156 - ... music who had passed by it, but never heard that the musician had before made himself visible. When he had raised my thoughts by those transporting airs which he played, to taste the pleasures of his conversation, as I looked upon him like one astonished, he beckoned to me, and by the waving of his hand directed me to approach the place where he sat.
Էջ 155 - Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream. Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand.
Էջ 159 - I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, 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...
Էջ 249 - If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering: If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep: If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate; then let mine arm fall from my shoulderblade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
Էջ 160 - The genius making me no answer, I turned me 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...