The Spectator, Том 2J. and R. Tonson, 1739 - 313 стор. |
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... Subject fuch Paf- fages as occur to my Memory out of ancient Authors , I cannot omit a Sentence in the celebrated Funeral Ora- tion of Pericles , which he made in Honour of those brave Athenians that were flain in a Fight with the ...
... Subject fuch Paf- fages as occur to my Memory out of ancient Authors , I cannot omit a Sentence in the celebrated Funeral Ora- tion of Pericles , which he made in Honour of those brave Athenians that were flain in a Fight with the ...
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... Subjects ? Will the Father " of his Country murder his People ? But , the merci- " ful Pharamond does deftroy his Subjects , the Father of " his Country does murder his People . Fortune is fo " much the Purfuit of Mankind , that all ...
... Subjects ? Will the Father " of his Country murder his People ? But , the merci- " ful Pharamond does deftroy his Subjects , the Father of " his Country does murder his People . Fortune is fo " much the Purfuit of Mankind , that all ...
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... Subject in a double Capacity . I once met with a Page of Mr. Baxter under a Christmas Pye . Whether or no the Pa- ftry - Cook had made ufe of it through Chance or Wag- gery , for the Defence of that fuperftitious Viande , I know not ...
... Subject in a double Capacity . I once met with a Page of Mr. Baxter under a Christmas Pye . Whether or no the Pa- ftry - Cook had made ufe of it through Chance or Wag- gery , for the Defence of that fuperftitious Viande , I know not ...
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... Subject , and are fuch as are the moft proper to excite Pity ; for which reason the whole Narration has fomething in it very moving , notwith- standing the Author of it ( whoever he was ) has deliver'd it in fuch an abject Phrafe and ...
... Subject , and are fuch as are the moft proper to excite Pity ; for which reason the whole Narration has fomething in it very moving , notwith- standing the Author of it ( whoever he was ) has deliver'd it in fuch an abject Phrafe and ...
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... Subject , as he has expreffed them in the Charac- ter of the Mifanthrope ; but thofe only who are endow- ed with a true Greatnefs of Soul and Genius can diveft themselves of the little Images of Ridicule , and admire Nature in her ...
... Subject , as he has expreffed them in the Charac- ter of the Mifanthrope ; but thofe only who are endow- ed with a true Greatnefs of Soul and Genius can diveft themselves of the little Images of Ridicule , and admire Nature in her ...
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Сторінка 154 - Upon this my friend with his usual cheerfulness related the particulars above-mentioned, and ordered the head to be brought into the room. I could not forbear discovering greater expressions of mirth than ordinary upon the appearance of this...
Сторінка 285 - I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him, he applied it. to his lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was...
Сторінка 102 - ... himself. He now and then presents a pair of garters of his own knitting to their mothers or sisters ; and raises a great deal of mirth among them, by inquiring as often as he meets them
Сторінка 87 - Now the best way in the world for a man to seem to be any thing is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it...
Сторінка 116 - Sunday in the dignity of his order, and insinuates to them in almost every sermon that he is a better man than his patron. In short, matters are come to such an extremity, that the squire has not said his prayers either in public or private this half year; and that the parson threatens him, if he does not mend his manners, to pray for him in the face of the whole congregation.
Сторінка 286 - 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 287 - ... on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. 'The Genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. Take thine eyes off the bridge...
Сторінка 286 - ... 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.
Сторінка 95 - ... as the knight is the best master in the world, he seldom changes his servants; and as he is beloved by all about him, his servants never care for leaving him : by this means his domestics are all in years, and grown old with their master.
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...