The Spectator ...Angier March, 1803 |
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... carry that act to Hanover . Upon the death of queen Anne , he was one of the lords of the regency in his majesty's absence from his kingdoms ; and when George I. had taken possession of his throne , his lordship was again appointed ...
... carry that act to Hanover . Upon the death of queen Anne , he was one of the lords of the regency in his majesty's absence from his kingdoms ; and when George I. had taken possession of his throne , his lordship was again appointed ...
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... carry me to the king , my story is not to be told twice ; I fear I shall not be able to speak it at all . " Pharamond commanded Eucrate to let him enter ; he did so , and the gentleman ap- proached the king with an air which spoke him ...
... carry me to the king , my story is not to be told twice ; I fear I shall not be able to speak it at all . " Pharamond commanded Eucrate to let him enter ; he did so , and the gentleman ap- proached the king with an air which spoke him ...
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... carried him to their master , whom he had never seen before , and did not know he was then in company with him . After a short examination of his face , the physiognomist pro- nounced him the most lewd , libidinous , drunken old fellow ...
... carried him to their master , whom he had never seen before , and did not know he was then in company with him . After a short examination of his face , the physiognomist pro- nounced him the most lewd , libidinous , drunken old fellow ...
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... carry on amours and make assignations in his mas- ter's clothes . The fellow had a very good person , and there are very many women that think no fur- ther than the outside of a gentleman : besides which , he was almost as learned a man ...
... carry on amours and make assignations in his mas- ter's clothes . The fellow had a very good person , and there are very many women that think no fur- ther than the outside of a gentleman : besides which , he was almost as learned a man ...
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... carried to one of their houses , and put to bed in all my swaddles . The room was lighted up on all sides : and I was laid very decently between a pair of sheets , with my head ( which was indeed the only part I could move ) upon a very ...
... carried to one of their houses , and put to bed in all my swaddles . The room was lighted up on all sides : and I was laid very decently between a pair of sheets , with my head ( which was indeed the only part I could move ) upon a very ...
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Сторінка 144 - ... subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being. Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week, not only as it refreshes in their minds the notions of religion, but as it puts both the sexes upon appearing in their most agreeable forms, and exerting all such qualities as are apt to give them a figure in the eye of the village.
Сторінка 368 - 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.
Сторінка 369 - ... them into the tide and immediately disappeared. These hidden pitfalls 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.
Сторінка 367 - 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.
Сторінка 119 - Roger, and has lived at his house in the nature of a chaplain above thirty years. This gentleman is a person of good sense and some learning, of a very regular life and obliging conversation: he heartily loves Sir Roger, and knows that he is very much in the old knight's esteem, so that he lives in the family rather as a relation than a dependant.
Сторінка 371 - 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...
Сторінка 164 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, 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.
Сторінка 366 - I was at Grand Cairo I picked up several oriental manuscripts, which I have still by me. Among others I met with one entitled, " The Visions of Mirzah," which I have read over with great pleasure.
Сторінка 193 - A MAN'S first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next, to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself, seconded by the applauses of the public.
Сторінка 127 - ... of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the country, and is very famous for finding out a hare. He is extremely well versed in all the little handicrafts of an idle man. He makes a May-fly to a miracle ; and furnishes the whole country with angle-rods.