The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Tatler and Spectator [no. 1-160H. G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... ordinary , and a little damaged . A dozen and a half of clouds , trimmed with b well conditioned . A rainbow , a little faded . A set of clouds after the French mode , streak lightning , and furbelowed . A new - moon , something decayed ...
... ordinary , and a little damaged . A dozen and a half of clouds , trimmed with b well conditioned . A rainbow , a little faded . A set of clouds after the French mode , streak lightning , and furbelowed . A new - moon , something decayed ...
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... ordinary thing in the world . For this reason I have disposed of her to a man of busi- ness , who will soon let her see , that to be well dressed , in good humour , and cheerful in the command of her family , are the arts and sciences ...
... ordinary thing in the world . For this reason I have disposed of her to a man of busi- ness , who will soon let her see , that to be well dressed , in good humour , and cheerful in the command of her family , are the arts and sciences ...
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... ordinary good hours , and was generally at home most part of the morning and evening at study ; but that this morning he had for an hour together made this extravagant noise which we then heard . I went upstairs with my hand upon the ...
... ordinary good hours , and was generally at home most part of the morning and evening at study ; but that this morning he had for an hour together made this extravagant noise which we then heard . I went upstairs with my hand upon the ...
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... of a larger stature than ordinary approaching towards him . 1 In tears to think . ] Better , - " into tears on reflecting . " One of them had a very noble air and graceful No. 97 . 27 THE TATLER . No. 97. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1709. ...
... of a larger stature than ordinary approaching towards him . 1 In tears to think . ] Better , - " into tears on reflecting . " One of them had a very noble air and graceful No. 97 . 27 THE TATLER . No. 97. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1709. ...
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... ordinary in her mien , by of affectation in all her gestures . She had a wond fidence and assurance in her looks , and all the colours in her dress that she thought were the m to show her complexion to an advantage . She cas upon ...
... ordinary in her mien , by of affectation in all her gestures . She had a wond fidence and assurance in her looks , and all the colours in her dress that she thought were the m to show her complexion to an advantage . She cas upon ...
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Сторінка 61 - With thee conversing I forget all time, All seasons and their change, all please alike : Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Сторінка 272 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of" some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Сторінка 473 - Examine now, said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide.
Сторінка 316 - Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me : the brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter*, more than I invent, or is invented on me : I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
Сторінка 416 - How can it enter into the thoughts of man, that the soul, which is capable of such immense perfections, and of receiving new improvements to all eternity, shall fall away into nothing almost as Boon as it is created ? Are such abilities made for no purpose ? A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can never pass : in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of; and were he to live ten thousand more, would be the same thing he is at present.
Сторінка 475 - 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 474 - I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons 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, said he, and tell me if thou yet seest any thing thou dost not comprehend.
Сторінка 474 - I directed my sight as I was ordered, and {whether or no the good Genius strengthened it with any supernatural force, or dissipated part of the mist that was before too thick for the eye to penetrate) I saw the valley opening at the...
Сторінка 270 - When I am in a serious humour, I very often walk by myself in Westminster Abbey; where the gloominess of the place, and the use to which it is applied, with the solemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who lie in it, are apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulness, that is not disagreeable.
Сторінка 472 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.