The Spectator ...George Gregory Smith J. M. Dent & Company, 1898 |
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... Conversations , which we should not have observed , without the help of such ill - natured Monitors , In order likewise to come at a true Knowledge of our selves , we should consider , on the other hand , how far we may deserve the ...
... Conversations , which we should not have observed , without the help of such ill - natured Monitors , In order likewise to come at a true Knowledge of our selves , we should consider , on the other hand , how far we may deserve the ...
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... Conversation . In short , the Inhabitants of St. James's , notwithstanding they live under the same Laws , and speak the same Language , are a distinct People from those of Cheapside , who are likewise removed from those of the Temple ...
... Conversation . In short , the Inhabitants of St. James's , notwithstanding they live under the same Laws , and speak the same Language , are a distinct People from those of Cheapside , who are likewise removed from those of the Temple ...
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... Conversation , I shall endeavour to give some Account of it , and to lay down Rules how we may know whether we are possessed of it , and how we may acquire that fine Taste of Writing , which is so much talked of among the Polite World ...
... Conversation , I shall endeavour to give some Account of it , and to lay down Rules how we may know whether we are possessed of it , and how we may acquire that fine Taste of Writing , which is so much talked of among the Polite World ...
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... Conversation with Men of a Polite Genius is another - Method for improving our Natural Taste . It is impossible for a Man of the greatest Parts to consider any thing in its whole Extent , and in all its variety of Lights , Every Man ...
... Conversation with Men of a Polite Genius is another - Method for improving our Natural Taste . It is impossible for a Man of the greatest Parts to consider any thing in its whole Extent , and in all its variety of Lights , Every Man ...
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... Conversation , than the false Notion some People have of Raillery , It ought certainly to be the first Point to be aimed at in Society , to gain the good Will of those with whom you converse . The way to that , is to shew you are well ...
... Conversation , than the false Notion some People have of Raillery , It ought certainly to be the first Point to be aimed at in Society , to gain the good Will of those with whom you converse . The way to that , is to shew you are well ...
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Сторінка 163 - The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Сторінка 253 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Сторінка 11 - ... for whose sake I am now as I am, whose name I could some good while since have pointed unto, your Grace being not ignorant of my suspicion therein. But if you have already determined of me, and that not only my death, but an infamous slander must bring you the enjoying of your desired happiness ; then I desire of God, that he will pardon your great sin therein, and likewise...
Сторінка 275 - I have set the LORD always before me : because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : my flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy ; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Сторінка 253 - There is neither speech nor language : but their voices are heard among them. Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the world.
Сторінка 56 - We cannot indeed have a single Image in the Fancy that did not make its first Entrance through the Sight; but we have the Power of retaining, altering and compounding those Images, which we have once received, into all the Varieties of Picture and Vision that are most agreeable to the Imagination...
Сторінка 253 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Сторінка 58 - Delightful scenes, whether in nature, painting, or poetry, have a kindly influence on the body, as well as the mind, and not only serve to clear and brighten the imagination, but are able to disperse grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions.
Сторінка 155 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Сторінка 10 - YOUR grace's displeasure, and my imprisonment, are things so strange unto me, as what to write, or what to excuse, I am altogether ignorant. Whereas you send unto me (willing me to confess a truth, and so obtain your favour) by such an one, whom you know to be mine ancient professed enemy.