The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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... discourse of this kind at all ? It is to alarm chaste ears against such as have , what is above called , the prevailing gentle art . ' Masters of that talent are capable of clothing their thoughts in so soft a dress , and something so ...
... discourse of this kind at all ? It is to alarm chaste ears against such as have , what is above called , the prevailing gentle art . ' Masters of that talent are capable of clothing their thoughts in so soft a dress , and something so ...
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... discourse was gone off from the death of the French king to that of Monsieur Boileau , Racine , Corneille , and several other poets , whom they regretted on this occasion , as persons who would have obliged the world with very noble ...
... discourse was gone off from the death of the French king to that of Monsieur Boileau , Racine , Corneille , and several other poets , whom they regretted on this occasion , as persons who would have obliged the world with very noble ...
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... discourse which turns upon every thing that is dear to us . Though our zeal breaks out in the finest tropes and figures , it is not able to stir a limb about us . I have heard it observed more than once , by those who have seen Italy ...
... discourse which turns upon every thing that is dear to us . Though our zeal breaks out in the finest tropes and figures , it is not able to stir a limb about us . I have heard it observed more than once , by those who have seen Italy ...
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... discourses of piety , who would be warmed and transported out of themselves by the bellowing and distortions of enthusiasm . If nonsense , when accompanied with such an emo- tion of voice and body , has such an influence on men's minds ...
... discourses of piety , who would be warmed and transported out of themselves by the bellowing and distortions of enthusiasm . If nonsense , when accompanied with such an emo- tion of voice and body , has such an influence on men's minds ...
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... speaking the wags of those days used to call it ' the thread of his discourse , ' for he was unable to utter a word without it . One of his clients , who was more merry than wise , stole it from him one 407 . 55 SPECTATOR .
... speaking the wags of those days used to call it ' the thread of his discourse , ' for he was unable to utter a word without it . One of his clients , who was more merry than wise , stole it from him one 407 . 55 SPECTATOR .
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acquaint ADDISON admirable Æneid æther affected agreeable animal spi Ann Boleyn appear attended Basilius Valentinus beautiful behold Callisthenes character colours consider conversation Cotton library Cynthio delight desire discourse divine endeavour entertainment Epig excellent eyes fancy fortune gentleman give Gloriana grace hand happy heart honour hope humble servant humour ideas Iliad imagination James Miller July 14 kind lady letter live look mankind manner mind modesty nature nerals never objects obliged observed OVID paper particular pass passions person pleasant pleased pleasure Plutarch Plutus poet poetry poor portunity present racter reader reading reason received reflection Robert Viner ROSCOMMON satisfaction secret Sempronia sense shew sight soul SPECTATOR STEELE taste thing thou thought tion town VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman women words writing
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Página 330 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Página 366 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Página 214 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Página 323 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Página 142 - Softly on my eyelids laid ; And, as I wake, sweet music breathe Above, about, or underneath, Sent by some spirit to mortals good, Or the unseen Genius of the wood.
Página 367 - To daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power of others, never in my own; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! O first created beam, and thou great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved Thy prime decree?
Página 74 - 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. It gives him indeed a kind of property in every thing he sees, and makes the most rude uncultivated parts of nature administer to his pleasures: so that he looks upon the world, as it were, in another light, and discovers in it a multitude of charms, that...
Página 270 - When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Página 366 - And feel thy sovran vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Página 318 - Battles and realms : in these he put two weights, The sequel each of parting and of fight: The latter quick up flew, and...