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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... conversation , by suppressing some and com- municating others ; whereas the other lets them all indifferently fly out in words . This sort of discretion , however , has no place in private con- versation between intimate friends . On ...
... conversation , by suppressing some and com- municating others ; whereas the other lets them all indifferently fly out in words . This sort of discretion , however , has no place in private con- versation between intimate friends . On ...
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... conversation , and gives measures to the so- ciety . A man with great talents , but void of discretion , is like Polyphemus in the fable , strong and blind , endued with an irresistible force , which , for want of sight , is of no use ...
... conversation , and gives measures to the so- ciety . A man with great talents , but void of discretion , is like Polyphemus in the fable , strong and blind , endued with an irresistible force , which , for want of sight , is of no use ...
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... conversation , you shall see him very well contented to sit by a jockey , giv- ing an account of the many revolutions in his horse's health , what potion he made him take , how that agreed with him , how afterwards he came to his ...
... conversation , you shall see him very well contented to sit by a jockey , giv- ing an account of the many revolutions in his horse's health , what potion he made him take , how that agreed with him , how afterwards he came to his ...
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... conversation ; they do not take in any thing for their own use , but merely to pass it to another : they are the channels through which all the good and evil that is spoken in town are conveyed . Such as are offended at them , or think ...
... conversation ; they do not take in any thing for their own use , but merely to pass it to another : they are the channels through which all the good and evil that is spoken in town are conveyed . Such as are offended at them , or think ...
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... conversation . If one were to know , from the man of the first quality to the meanest servant , the different in- trigues , sentiments , pleasures , and interests of mankind , would it not be the most pleasing en- tertainment imaginable ...
... conversation . If one were to know , from the man of the first quality to the meanest servant , the different in- trigues , sentiments , pleasures , and interests of mankind , would it not be the most pleasing en- tertainment imaginable ...
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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...