The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the lives of the authors, and explanatory notes. 12 vols. [in 6]., Volúmenes5-61853 |
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... body of it . Education , after the same manner , when it works upon a no- ble mind , draws out to view every latent virtue and perfection , which , without such helps , are never able to make their appearance . If my reader will give me ...
... body of it . Education , after the same manner , when it works upon a no- ble mind , draws out to view every latent virtue and perfection , which , without such helps , are never able to make their appearance . If my reader will give me ...
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... added to the value of his native country , undone by one who was only a burden and a blemish to it . Since every body who knows the world is sensible of this great evil , how careful ought a man to be in 18 No. 218 . THE SPECTATOR .
... added to the value of his native country , undone by one who was only a burden and a blemish to it . Since every body who knows the world is sensible of this great evil , how careful ought a man to be in 18 No. 218 . THE SPECTATOR .
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... body , or mind . The first is that which consists in birth , title , or riches ; and is the most foreign to our natures , and what we can the least call our own , of any of the three kinds of quality . In relation to the body , quality ...
... body , or mind . The first is that which consists in birth , title , or riches ; and is the most foreign to our natures , and what we can the least call our own , of any of the three kinds of quality . In relation to the body , quality ...
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... body of my paper . If they do not understand the sign that is hung out , they know very well by it , that they may meet with entertainment in the house ; and I think I was never better pleased than with a plain man's compliment , who ...
... body of my paper . If they do not understand the sign that is hung out , they know very well by it , that they may meet with entertainment in the house ; and I think I was never better pleased than with a plain man's compliment , who ...
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... body else obey Mr. Addison's commands in hiding any thing he desires should be concealed . The circum- stance of marking his Spectators ( which I did not know till I had done with the work ) I made my own act ; because I thought it too ...
... body else obey Mr. Addison's commands in hiding any thing he desires should be concealed . The circum- stance of marking his Spectators ( which I did not know till I had done with the work ) I made my own act ; because I thought it too ...
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Página 177 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Página 107 - And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Página 179 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno to descry new lands, .Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe; His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
Página 181 - To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: attention held them mute. Thrice he assayed, and thrice in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth...
Página 185 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
Página 170 - Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee In unreprove'd pleasures free...
Página 180 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.
Página 180 - Farewell happy fields, Where joy for ever dwells : Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
Página 3 - The figure is in the stone, and the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.
Página 6 - It is therefore an unspeakable blessing, to be born in those parts of the world where wisdom and knowledge flourish ; though, it must be confessed, there are, even in these parts, several poor uninstructed persons, who are but little above the inhabitants of those nations of which I have been here speaking...