The Spectator, Том 2Tonson, 1729 |
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... Reader , rather as the first Sketch and Outlines of a Vifion , than as a fi- nifhed Piece . I dreamt that I was admitted into a long fpacious Gal- lery , which had one fide covered with Pieces of all the famous Painters who are now ...
... Reader , rather as the first Sketch and Outlines of a Vifion , than as a fi- nifhed Piece . I dreamt that I was admitted into a long fpacious Gal- lery , which had one fide covered with Pieces of all the famous Painters who are now ...
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... Reader will think I am not ferious , when I acquaint him that the Piece I am going to fpeak of was the old Ballad of the Two Children in the Wood , which is one of the darling Songs of the common People , and has been the Delight of ...
... Reader will think I am not ferious , when I acquaint him that the Piece I am going to fpeak of was the old Ballad of the Two Children in the Wood , which is one of the darling Songs of the common People , and has been the Delight of ...
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... Reader with in- ward Meltings of Humanity and Compaffion . The In- cidents grow out of the Subject , and are fuch as are the moft proper to excite Pity ; for which reafon the whole Narration has fomething in it very moving , notwith ...
... Reader with in- ward Meltings of Humanity and Compaffion . The In- cidents grow out of the Subject , and are fuch as are the moft proper to excite Pity ; for which reafon the whole Narration has fomething in it very moving , notwith ...
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... Reader to Moliere's Thoughts on this Subject , as he has expreffed them in the Chara- ter of the Mifanthrope ; but those only who are endow- ed with a true Greatness or Soul and Genius can divest themselves of the little Images of ...
... Reader to Moliere's Thoughts on this Subject , as he has expreffed them in the Chara- ter of the Mifanthrope ; but those only who are endow- ed with a true Greatness or Soul and Genius can divest themselves of the little Images of ...
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... Readers ) I fhall tranflate a Story that has been quo- ted upon another Occafion by one of the most learned Men of the prefent Age , as I find it in the Original . The Reader will fee it is not foreign to my prefent Subject , and I dare ...
... Readers ) I fhall tranflate a Story that has been quo- ted upon another Occafion by one of the most learned Men of the prefent Age , as I find it in the Original . The Reader will fee it is not foreign to my prefent Subject , and I dare ...
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Сторінка 286 - I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.
Сторінка 289 - The genius making me no answer, I turned 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, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Сторінка 110 - ... 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 112 - As soon as the Sermon is finished, nobody presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the Church. The Knight walks down from his Seat in the Chancel between a double row of his Tenants, that stand bowing to him on each side; and every now and then...
Сторінка 153 - Upon his first rising the court was hushed, and a general whisper ran among the country people, that Sir Roger < was up. ' The speech he made was so little to the purpose, that I shall not trouble my readers with an account of it; and I believe was not so much designed by the knight himself to inform the court, as to give him a figure in my eye, and keep up his credit in the country.
Сторінка 112 - ... dazzled with riches, that they pay as much deference to the understanding of a man of an estate as of a man of learning...
Сторінка 110 - It is certain the country people would soon degenerate into a kind of savages and barbarians, were there not such frequent returns of a stated time in which the whole village meet together with their best faces and in their cleanliest habits to converse with one another upon indifferent subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the supreme Being.
Сторінка 96 - ... he is every day soliciting me for something in behalf of one or other of my tenants his parishioners. There has not been a lawsuit 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.
Сторінка 286 - 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...
Сторінка 101 - 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.