The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the lives of the authors, and explanatory notes. 12 vols. [in 6]., Volúmenes1-21853 |
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... poets , would name one quali- fied to do justice to so noble a subject . Lord Hali- fax mentioned Mr. Addison ; but insisted that the Lord Treasurer should send a message to him in his own name ; which was done in so respectful a manner ...
... poets , would name one quali- fied to do justice to so noble a subject . Lord Hali- fax mentioned Mr. Addison ; but insisted that the Lord Treasurer should send a message to him in his own name ; which was done in so respectful a manner ...
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... poet tells us a Lydian king was formerly pos- sessed of : and that she could convert whatever she pleased into that precious metal . After a little dizziness , and confused hurry of thought , which a man often meets with in a dream ...
... poet tells us a Lydian king was formerly pos- sessed of : and that she could convert whatever she pleased into that precious metal . After a little dizziness , and confused hurry of thought , which a man often meets with in a dream ...
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... poet would bestow upon one of his audience . There are so many gratifications attend this public sort of obscurity , that some little distastes I daily receive have lost their anguish ; and I did the other day , without the least ...
... poet would bestow upon one of his audience . There are so many gratifications attend this public sort of obscurity , that some little distastes I daily receive have lost their anguish ; and I did the other day , without the least ...
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... poets of different nations , and raised by two magicians of different sexes . Armida , as we are told in the ar- * In Dryden's comedy . gument , was an Amazonian enchantress , and poor Signior 52 No. 5 . THE SPECTATOR .
... poets of different nations , and raised by two magicians of different sexes . Armida , as we are told in the ar- * In Dryden's comedy . gument , was an Amazonian enchantress , and poor Signior 52 No. 5 . THE SPECTATOR .
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... poet after the conjurers , I shall give you a taste of the Italian from the first lines of his preface . Eccoti , benigno lettore , un par- to di poche sere , che se ben nato di notte , non è però , aborto di tenebre , mà si farà ...
... poet after the conjurers , I shall give you a taste of the Italian from the first lines of his preface . Eccoti , benigno lettore , un par- to di poche sere , che se ben nato di notte , non è però , aborto di tenebre , mà si farà ...
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acquaint acrostics ADDISON admiration Æneid agreeable anagrams appear Aristotle audience beauty behaviour body called character Cicero club conversation daugh discourse dress DRYDEN endeavour English entertainment eyes face fair sex favour genius gentleman give hand head heard heart honour Hudibras humble servant humour Italian JOHN HENLEY kind king lady laugh learned letter lion live look Lord lover mankind manner master means mind mistress nature never night observed occasion opera OVID paper particular passion person Pharamond Pict play pleased pleasure poem poet present prince privy counsellors reader reason ROSCOMMON sense sion Sir Roger speak Spectator STEELE talk Tatler tell thing THOMAS TICKELL thors thou thought tion told town tragedy Tryphiodorus ture turn verses VIRG Virgil virtue Whig whole woman women words writing young
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Página 242 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel, Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous, and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls?
Página 155 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Página 180 - Manlike, but different sex, so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the World, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up...
Página 258 - ROGER'S family, because it consists of sober and staid persons; for 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. You would take his valet...
Página 262 - 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.
Página 181 - Yet innocence and virgin modesty, Her virtue, and the conscience of her worth, That would be woo'd, and not unsought be won, Not obvious, not obtrusive, but...
Página 30 - Tree, and in the theatres both of Drury Lane and the Haymarket. I have been taken for a merchant upon the Exchange for above these ten years, and sometimes pass for a Jew in the assembly of stock-jobbers at Jonathan's.
Página 260 - At his first settling with me I made him a present of all the good sermons which have been printed in English, and only begged of him that every Sunday he would pronounce one of them in the pulpit. Accordingly he has digested them into such a series that they follow one another naturally, and make a continued system of practical divinity.
Página 34 - ... both in town and country, a great lover of mankind; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed: his tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company...
Página 152 - ... and enemies, priests and soldiers, monks and prebendaries, were crumbled amongst one another, and blended together in the same common mass ; how beauty, strength, and youth, with old age, weakness, and deformity, lay undistinguished in the same promiscuous heap of matter.