The Spectator. ...H. Hughs, 1789 |
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... paffed during the fufpenfion of the " SPECTATOR , though it had not leffened ADDISON's power " of humour , feems to have increafed his difpofition to fe- " rioufnefs : the proportion of his religious to his comic Papers " is greater ...
... paffed during the fufpenfion of the " SPECTATOR , though it had not leffened ADDISON's power " of humour , feems to have increafed his difpofition to fe- " rioufnefs : the proportion of his religious to his comic Papers " is greater ...
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... paffed , approached towards me . I grew uneafy at her prefence , when of a fudden the held her magnifying glafs full before my eyes . I no fooner faw my face in it , but was ftartled at the fhortnefs of it , which now appeared to me in ...
... paffed , approached towards me . I grew uneafy at her prefence , when of a fudden the held her magnifying glafs full before my eyes . I no fooner faw my face in it , but was ftartled at the fhortnefs of it , which now appeared to me in ...
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... paffed for a much better man , though perhaps he would not have been fo diverting an author . The title of an Effay promifes perhaps a difcourfe upon Virgil or Julius Cæfar ; but , when you look into it , you are fure to meet with more ...
... paffed for a much better man , though perhaps he would not have been fo diverting an author . The title of an Effay promifes perhaps a difcourfe upon Virgil or Julius Cæfar ; but , when you look into it , you are fure to meet with more ...
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... paffed through feveral editions , and that what he thought was a new conceit , and had appropriated to his own ufe , had ap- peared in print before he or his ingenious friends were ever heard of . This had fo good an effect upon him ...
... paffed through feveral editions , and that what he thought was a new conceit , and had appropriated to his own ufe , had ap- peared in print before he or his ingenious friends were ever heard of . This had fo good an effect upon him ...
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... paffed through it . The Galaxy appeared in its most beautiful white . To complete the fcene , the full moon rofe at length in that clouded majefty which Milton takes notice of , and opened to the eye a new picture of nature , which was ...
... paffed through it . The Galaxy appeared in its most beautiful white . To complete the fcene , the full moon rofe at length in that clouded majefty which Milton takes notice of , and opened to the eye a new picture of nature , which was ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
ADDISON affured afked againſt anfwer beautiful becauſe cafe confider confideration converfation creature defign defire difcourfe diſcover eternity exiftence exiſtence faid fame fatire fatisfaction fays fecond fecret feems felf fenfe fent fervant ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fleep fome fomething foon foul fpeaking fpecies ftanding ftate ftill fubject fuch fuppofed fure gentleman greateſt hand happineſs hath heart himſelf honour huſband inftance itſelf JOHN BYROM juft lady laft laſt lefs letter look miferable mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never obferved occafion ourſelves OVID paffed paffion Paper perfon philofopher pleafed pleaſed pleaſure prefent promife publiſhed purpoſe reader reafon rife ſeveral ſhall Shalum ſhe ſpeak SPECT SPECTATOR ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe Thomas Tickell thoſe thou thought thouſand tion underſtanding uſe VIRG virtue Wedneſday whofe whole wife
Passagens conhecidas
Página 137 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Página 56 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Página 371 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Página 371 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Página 198 - In the next place, our critics do not seem sensible that there is more beauty in the works of a great genius who is ignorant of the rules of art, than in those of a little genius who knows and observes them.
Página 55 - His substance is within the substance of every being, whether material or immaterial, and as intimately present to it as that being is to itself. It would be an imperfection in him...
Página 57 - ... regard every thing that has being, especially such of his creatures who fear they are not regarded by him. He is privy to all their thoughts, and to that anxiety of heart in particular, which is apt to trouble them on this occasion ; for, as it is impossible he should overlook any of his creatures, so we may be confident...
Página 25 - Commodious manner, he marched off with it contentedly, being very well pleased that he had not been left to his own choice as to the kind of evils which fell to his lot.
Página 54 - ... capacities, as they are creatures, that is, beings of finite and limited natures. The presence of every created being is confined to a certain measure of space ; and consequently his observation is stinted to a certain number of objects.
Página 104 - I am got into quotations, give me leave to add the saying of an old philosopher, who, after having invited some of his friends to dine with him, was ruffled by his wife that came into the room in a passion, and threw down the table that stood before them; ' every one,' says he, ' has his calamity, and he is a happy man that has no greater than this.