The Spectator ...Angier March, 1803 |
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... who lives under an habitual sense of the divine pre- sence keeps up a perpetual cheerfulness of temper , and enjoys every moment the satisfaction of thinking himself in company with his dearest and best of friends 60 93 . SPECTATOR .
... who lives under an habitual sense of the divine pre- sence keeps up a perpetual cheerfulness of temper , and enjoys every moment the satisfaction of thinking himself in company with his dearest and best of friends 60 93 . SPECTATOR .
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... sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards , with no other conversa- tion but what is made up of a few game phrases , and no other ideas but those of black or red spots ranged together in ...
... sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards , with no other conversa- tion but what is made up of a few game phrases , and no other ideas but those of black or red spots ranged together in ...
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... sense of them will be as agreeable to the town as any thing I could say either on the topics they treat of , or any other ; they both allude to former papers of mine ; and I do not question but the first , which is upon mourning , will ...
... sense of them will be as agreeable to the town as any thing I could say either on the topics they treat of , or any other ; they both allude to former papers of mine ; and I do not question but the first , which is upon mourning , will ...
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... sense among all orders of men , and that servants report most of the good or ill which is spoken of their masters . " That there are men of sense who live in servitude , I have the vanity to say I have felt to my woful experience . You ...
... sense among all orders of men , and that servants report most of the good or ill which is spoken of their masters . " That there are men of sense who live in servitude , I have the vanity to say I have felt to my woful experience . You ...
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... sense enough to be under the utmost indignation , to see her discard with so little concern one her son had loved so much ; and went out of the house to ramble wherever my feet would carry me . The third day after I left Sir Stephen's ...
... sense enough to be under the utmost indignation , to see her discard with so little concern one her son had loved so much ; and went out of the house to ramble wherever my feet would carry me . The third day after I left Sir Stephen's ...
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Сторінка 144 - ... 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 368 - 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 369 - ... them into the tide and immediately disappeared. These hidden pitfalls 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 367 - 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.
Сторінка 119 - Roger, and has lived at his house in the nature of a chaplain above thirty years. This gentleman is a person of good sense and some learning, of a very regular life and obliging conversation: he heartily loves Sir Roger, and knows that he is very much in the old knight's esteem, so that he lives in the family rather as a relation than a dependant.
Сторінка 371 - I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them except through the gates...
Сторінка 164 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Сторінка 366 - I was at Grand Cairo I picked up several oriental manuscripts, which I have still by me. Among others I met with one entitled, " The Visions of Mirzah," which I have read over with great pleasure.
Сторінка 193 - A MAN'S first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next, to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself, seconded by the applauses of the public.
Сторінка 127 - ... of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the 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.