Select Esays of Addison: Together with Macaulay's Essay on Addison's Life and WritingsAllyn and Bacon, 1894 - 320 стор. |
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... figures neither divert by distortion nor amaze by aggravation . He copies life with so much fidelity that he can be hardly said to invent ; yet his exhibitions have an air so original that it is difficult to suppose them not merely the ...
... figures neither divert by distortion nor amaze by aggravation . He copies life with so much fidelity that he can be hardly said to invent ; yet his exhibitions have an air so original that it is difficult to suppose them not merely the ...
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... figure were he not a rich man ) he calls the sea the British Common . He is acquainted with commerce in all its parts , and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms , for true power is to be got by ...
... figure were he not a rich man ) he calls the sea the British Common . He is acquainted with commerce in all its parts , and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms , for true power is to be got by ...
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... figure and delivery , as well as with the discourses he pronounced , that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction . A sermon repeated after this manner is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor ...
... figure and delivery , as well as with the discourses he pronounced , that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction . A sermon repeated after this manner is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor ...
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... figure resembled my friend Sir Roger ; and looking at the butler , who stood by me , for an account of it , he informed me that the person in the livery was a servant of Sir Roger's , who stood on the shore while his master was swimming ...
... figure resembled my friend Sir Roger ; and looking at the butler , who stood by me , for an account of it , he informed me that the person in the livery was a servant of Sir Roger's , who stood on the shore while his master was swimming ...
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... figure in the eye of the village . A country fellow distinguishes himself as much in the churchyard , as a citizen does upon the Change , the whole parish politics being generally discussed in that place either after sermon or before ...
... figure in the eye of the village . A country fellow distinguishes himself as much in the churchyard , as a citizen does upon the Change , the whole parish politics being generally discussed in that place either after sermon or before ...
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Сторінка 319 - Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Сторінка 88 - Wisdom crieth without ; she uttereth her voice in the streets : she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates : in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity ? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Сторінка 224 - 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 224 - HOW are thy servants blest, O Lord, How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, omnipotence.
Сторінка 319 - Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Сторінка 221 - 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 noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Сторінка 32 - ... the country for that purpose, to instruct them rightly in the tunes of the Psalms; upon which they now very much value themselves, and indeed outdo most of the country churches that I have ever heard. As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself...
Сторінка 78 - Knowing that you was my old master's good friend, I could not forbear sending you the melancholy news of his death, which has afflicted the whole country, as well as his poor servants, who loved him, I may say, better than we did our lives. I am afraid he caught his death the last county-sessions, where he would go to see justice done to a poor widow woman, and her fatherless children, that had been wronged by a neighbouring gentleman ; for you know, sir, my good master was always the poor man's...
Сторінка 200 - IT is a celebrated thought of Socrates, that if all the misfortunes of mankind were cast into a public stock, in order to be equally distributed among the whole species, those who now think themselves the most unhappy, would prefer the share they are already possessed of before that which would fall to them by such a division.
Сторінка 222 - When in the slippery paths of youth, With heedless steps, I ran ; Thine arm, unseen, conveyed me safe, And led me up to man.