The Spectator, Том 2Tonson, 1729 |
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... best but a terrifying Dream ; and one could fay nothing more of his finest Figures , than that they were agreeable Mon- fters . THE fourth Perfon I examined , was very remarka ble for his hafty Hand , which left his Pictures fo un ...
... best but a terrifying Dream ; and one could fay nothing more of his finest Figures , than that they were agreeable Mon- fters . THE fourth Perfon I examined , was very remarka ble for his hafty Hand , which left his Pictures fo un ...
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... best Authors ancient and modern fuch Paffages as may be for their ufe , and endeavour to accommodate them as well as I can to their Tafte ; not questioning but the valuable Part of the Sex will eafily pardon me , if from Time to Time I ...
... best Authors ancient and modern fuch Paffages as may be for their ufe , and endeavour to accommodate them as well as I can to their Tafte ; not questioning but the valuable Part of the Sex will eafily pardon me , if from Time to Time I ...
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... best of Friends . The Time never lies heavy upon him : It is impoffible for him to be alone . His Thoughts and Paffions are the most bufied at fuch Hours when thofe of other Men are the most unactive : He no fooner fteps out of the ...
... best of Friends . The Time never lies heavy upon him : It is impoffible for him to be alone . His Thoughts and Paffions are the most bufied at fuch Hours when thofe of other Men are the most unactive : He no fooner fteps out of the ...
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... best Means to our Inftruction ; but I think , with you , Caution in that Particular very useful , fince the Improvement of our Understandings may , or may not , be of Service to us , according as it is managed . It has been thought we ...
... best Means to our Inftruction ; but I think , with you , Caution in that Particular very useful , fince the Improvement of our Understandings may , or may not , be of Service to us , according as it is managed . It has been thought we ...
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... best Fortune , or higheft Quality , and not in their Principles of Juftice , Gratitude , Sincerity ,. Prudence , or Modefty . I ought perhaps to make an A- pology for this long Épiftle , but as I rather believe you a Friend to Sincerity ...
... best Fortune , or higheft Quality , and not in their Principles of Juftice , Gratitude , Sincerity ,. Prudence , or Modefty . I ought perhaps to make an A- pology for this long Épiftle , but as I rather believe you a Friend to Sincerity ...
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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.