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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... received a box on the ear from Thestylis the day before , and being determined to have no more to do with her , leap- ed and escaped with life . Atalanta , an old maid , whose cruelty had seve- ral years before driven two or three ...
... received a box on the ear from Thestylis the day before , and being determined to have no more to do with her , leap- ed and escaped with life . Atalanta , an old maid , whose cruelty had seve- ral years before driven two or three ...
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... received me , standing in proper rows , and advancing as fast as they saw their elders or their betters despatched by me . But so it is , Mr. Spectator , that all our good - breeding is of late lost by the unhappy arrival of a courtier ...
... received me , standing in proper rows , and advancing as fast as they saw their elders or their betters despatched by me . But so it is , Mr. Spectator , that all our good - breeding is of late lost by the unhappy arrival of a courtier ...
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... received this cheerful invitation as bad husbands sometimes do , and after a cross word or two , told her he would not come . His wife with tenderness re- newed her importunity , and at length said to him , " My love ! I have within ...
... received this cheerful invitation as bad husbands sometimes do , and after a cross word or two , told her he would not come . His wife with tenderness re- newed her importunity , and at length said to him , " My love ! I have within ...
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... received from those hints which you have lately given the town on the car- toons of the inimitable Raphael . ( No. 226. ) It should be , methinks , the business of a Spectator to improve the pleasures of sight , and there can- not be a ...
... received from those hints which you have lately given the town on the car- toons of the inimitable Raphael . ( No. 226. ) It should be , methinks , the business of a Spectator to improve the pleasures of sight , and there can- not be a ...
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... received is a crooked shilling , which has administered great comfort to our forefathers , and is still made use of on this occasion with every good effect in most parts of her majesty's dominions . There are some , I know , who think a ...
... received is a crooked shilling , which has administered great comfort to our forefathers , and is still made use of on this occasion with every good effect in most parts of her majesty's dominions . There are some , I know , who think a ...
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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...