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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... oblige yours , 6 MR . SPECTATOR , ' The A. NOEWILL . ' uproar was so great , as soon as I had read the Spectator concerning Mrs. Freeman , ( No. 212 ) that after many revolutions in her temper , of raging , swooning , railing , fainting ...
... oblige yours , 6 MR . SPECTATOR , ' The A. NOEWILL . ' uproar was so great , as soon as I had read the Spectator concerning Mrs. Freeman , ( No. 212 ) that after many revolutions in her temper , of raging , swooning , railing , fainting ...
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... oblige , at least one woman , who is • Your humble servant , SUSANNA FROST . ' MR . SPECTATOR , ' I am wife to a clergyman , and can not help thinking that in your tenth or tythe character of womankind ( see No. 209 ) you meant myself ...
... oblige , at least one woman , who is • Your humble servant , SUSANNA FROST . ' MR . SPECTATOR , ' I am wife to a clergyman , and can not help thinking that in your tenth or tythe character of womankind ( see No. 209 ) you meant myself ...
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... oblige , Sir , your most humble servant , 6 ' MR . SPECTATOR , ' HENRIETTA . ' There are so many artifices and modes of false wit , and such a variety of humour discovers itself among its votaries , that it would be impos- sible to ...
... oblige , Sir , your most humble servant , 6 ' MR . SPECTATOR , ' HENRIETTA . ' There are so many artifices and modes of false wit , and such a variety of humour discovers itself among its votaries , that it would be impos- sible to ...
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... oblige my reader with it in another paper . ( 229 ) . In the meanwhile I can not but wonder , that these two finished pieces have never been attempted before by any of our own countrymen . But the truth of it is , the compo- sitions of ...
... oblige my reader with it in another paper . ( 229 ) . In the meanwhile I can not but wonder , that these two finished pieces have never been attempted before by any of our own countrymen . But the truth of it is , the compo- sitions of ...
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... obliged to provide , in order to make themselves remark- able ; for any thing glaring and particular , either in behaviour or apparel , is known to have this good effect , that it catches the eye , and will not suffer you to pass over ...
... obliged to provide , in order to make themselves remark- able ; for any thing glaring and particular , either in behaviour or apparel , is known to have this good effect , that it catches the eye , and will not suffer you to pass over ...
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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...