The Spectator: With Notes and a General Index, Томи 1 – 2J.J. Woodward, 1836 |
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... live in the world rather as a After having been thus particular upon Spectator of mankind , than as one of the myself , I shall in to - morrow's paper give species , by which means I have made my- an account of those gentlemen who are ...
... live in the world rather as a After having been thus particular upon Spectator of mankind , than as one of the myself , I shall in to - morrow's paper give species , by which means I have made my- an account of those gentlemen who are ...
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... live far from Covent - garden , and that I am not the first cully whom she has passed herself upon for a countess . Thus , sir , you see how I have mistaken a cloud for a Juno ; and if you can make any use of this adventure , for the ...
... live far from Covent - garden , and that I am not the first cully whom she has passed herself upon for a countess . Thus , sir , you see how I have mistaken a cloud for a Juno ; and if you can make any use of this adventure , for the ...
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... live in taverns to a ity and fortune , are by no means suitable great age , by a sort of regular intempe- companions . You are , it is true , very pret- rance ; I never go to bed drunk , but always ty , can dance , and make a very good ...
... live in taverns to a ity and fortune , are by no means suitable great age , by a sort of regular intempe- companions . You are , it is true , very pret- rance ; I never go to bed drunk , but always ty , can dance , and make a very good ...
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... live . The station I am in furnishes me with daily opportunities of this kind ; and the noble principle with which you have in- spired me , of benevolence to all I have to deal with , quickens my application in every thing I undertake ...
... live . The station I am in furnishes me with daily opportunities of this kind ; and the noble principle with which you have in- spired me , of benevolence to all I have to deal with , quickens my application in every thing I undertake ...
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... live at the sign of an Ens Rationis ! nuns and a hare , which we see so frequently joined together . I would therefore establish certain rules , for the determining how far one tradesman may give the sign of another , and in what cases ...
... live at the sign of an Ens Rationis ! nuns and a hare , which we see so frequently joined together . I would therefore establish certain rules , for the determining how far one tradesman may give the sign of another , and in what cases ...
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Сторінка 236 - I passed some time in the contemplation of this wonderful structure, and the great variety of objects which it presented. My heart was filled with a deep melancholy to see several dropping unexpectedly in the midst of mirth and jollity, and catching at every thing that stood by them to save themselves.
Сторінка 236 - But tell me farther,' said he, ' what thou discoverest on it.' ' I see multitudes of people passing over it,' said I, ' and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.' 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...
Сторінка 53 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Сторінка 172 - Psalms half a minute after the rest of the congregation have done with it ; sometimes, when he is pleased with the matter of his devotion, he pronounces "amen...
Сторінка 237 - 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." I directed my sight as I was ordered, and (whether or no the good genius strengthened it with any supernatural force, or dissipated part of the mist that was before too thick for the eye to penetrate) I saw the valley opening at the...
Сторінка 236 - 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,
Сторінка 164 - This humanity and good nature engages everybody to him, so that when he is pleasant upon any of them, all his family are in good humour, and none so much as the person whom he diverts himself with ; on the contrary, if he coughs, or betrays any infirmity of old age, it is easy for a stander-by to observe a secret concern in the looks of all his servants.
Сторінка 165 - 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 out-lives 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 not know I have taken...
Сторінка 437 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Сторінка 264 - Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me: When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...