The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the lives of the authors, and explanatory notes. 12 vols. [in 6]., Volúmenes7-81853 |
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... whole compass of business , and have signalized yourself in all the different scenes of it . We admire some for the dignity , others for the popularity of their behaviour ; some for their clearness of judgment ; others for their hap ...
... whole compass of business , and have signalized yourself in all the different scenes of it . We admire some for the dignity , others for the popularity of their behaviour ; some for their clearness of judgment ; others for their hap ...
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... whole poem , wherein the sentiments and allusions are not taken from this their delight- ful habitation . The reader , during their whole course of action , always finds himself in the walks of Paradise . In short , as the critics have ...
... whole poem , wherein the sentiments and allusions are not taken from this their delight- ful habitation . The reader , during their whole course of action , always finds himself in the walks of Paradise . In short , as the critics have ...
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... whole poem . The evil spirit afterwards proceeds to make his discoveries concerning our first parents , and to learn after what manner they may be best attacked . His bounding over the walls of Paradise ; his sitting in the shape of a ...
... whole poem . The evil spirit afterwards proceeds to make his discoveries concerning our first parents , and to learn after what manner they may be best attacked . His bounding over the walls of Paradise ; his sitting in the shape of a ...
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... whole passage in the twenty - second Ilíad . ( See No. 463. ) Virgil , before the last decisive combat , de- scribes Jupiter in the same manner , as weighing the fates of Turnus and Æneas . Milton , though he fetched this beautiful ...
... whole passage in the twenty - second Ilíad . ( See No. 463. ) Virgil , before the last decisive combat , de- scribes Jupiter in the same manner , as weighing the fates of Turnus and Æneas . Milton , though he fetched this beautiful ...
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... whole poem , as particularly in the speech of Eve I have before mentioned , and upon the conclusion of it in the following lines . So spake our genʼral mother , and with eyes Of conjugal attraction unreprov'd , And meek surrender , half ...
... whole poem , as particularly in the speech of Eve I have before mentioned , and upon the conclusion of it in the following lines . So spake our genʼral mother , and with eyes Of conjugal attraction unreprov'd , And meek surrender , half ...
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acquaintance action Adam Adam and Eve ADDISON Æneas Æneid agreeable angels appear APRIL 24 Aurengzebe bagnio beautiful behaviour behold Callisthenes character cheerfulness circumstances colours consider creature Cynthio dæmon daugh death delight discourse DRYDEN earth endeavour entertainment eyes fancy genius gentleman give grace hand happy heart heaven Homer honour humble servant ideas Iliad imagination innocence Jupiter kind lady letter live look looking-glass mankind manner Menippus Milton mind Mohocks nature never night obliged observed occasion OVID paper Paradise Paradise Lost particular passage passion Paul Lorrain person pleased pleasure poem poet poetry proper racter reader reason received says sight Sir Roger soul speak SPECTATOR spirit STEELE take notice tell thee thing thou thought tion told town ture Turnus VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman words writ writing yard land young
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Página 46 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell.
Página 31 - Pembroke's mother. Death, ere thou hast slain another Fair and learn'd and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Página 193 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Página 196 - A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving. He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession.
Página 246 - So many grateful altars I would rear Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone ' Of lustre from the brook, in memory, Or monument to ages ; and thereon Offer sweet-smelling gums, and fruits, and flowers.
Página 7 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Página 152 - Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally: and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind and nobleness their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic placed.
Página 46 - For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell, Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 180 - Should GOD create another Eve, and I Another rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart ; no, no, I feel The link of nature draw me ; flesh of flesh, Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.
Página 47 - The rocks proclaim th' approaching Deity. Lo, Earth receives him from the bending skies! Sink down, ye mountains! and ye valleys, rise! With heads declined, ye cedars, homage pay! Be smooth, ye rocks! ye rapid floods, give way! The Saviour comes! by ancient bards foretold: Hear him, ye deaf! and all ye blind, behold! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eyeball pour the day: 'Tis he th...