The Addisonian miscellany, a selection from the Spectator, Tatler, and Guardian. To which is prefixed, the life of Joseph Addison1801 |
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Página vii
... Chriftians had a great fhare in the conver- fion of thofe learned Pagans , who lived in the ages Evidences of the Chriftian Religion , Sect . vii , of perlecution , which with fome intervals and abate- ments LIFE OF ADDISON . TH.
... Chriftians had a great fhare in the conver- fion of thofe learned Pagans , who lived in the ages Evidences of the Chriftian Religion , Sect . vii , of perlecution , which with fome intervals and abate- ments LIFE OF ADDISON . TH.
Página 18
... learned and ingenious writer has expreffed himself in a much more lively manner : When I reflect on fuch a speech pronounced by fuch a perfon , I can hardly forbear crying out , Sancte Socrates , ora pro nobis : O ́holy So- crates ...
... learned and ingenious writer has expreffed himself in a much more lively manner : When I reflect on fuch a speech pronounced by fuch a perfon , I can hardly forbear crying out , Sancte Socrates , ora pro nobis : O ́holy So- crates ...
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... learned of a certain Dervise , to understand the language of birds , fo that there was not a bird that could open his mouth , but the Vifier knew what it faid . As he was one evening with the Empe- ror , in their return from hunting ...
... learned of a certain Dervise , to understand the language of birds , fo that there was not a bird that could open his mouth , but the Vifier knew what it faid . As he was one evening with the Empe- ror , in their return from hunting ...
Página 48
... learned to have been thrown together before fome expected engagement , and feems to be very much the picture of the man . " I am now wholly alone ; my ears are not enter- tained with mufic , my eyes with beauty , nor any of my fences fo ...
... learned to have been thrown together before fome expected engagement , and feems to be very much the picture of the man . " I am now wholly alone ; my ears are not enter- tained with mufic , my eyes with beauty , nor any of my fences fo ...
Página 68
... learned reader will find a new beauty , fuperadded in a happy imitation of fome famous an- cient , as it revives in his mind the pleafure he took in the first reading of fuch an author . Such copyings as thefe , give that kind of double ...
... learned reader will find a new beauty , fuperadded in a happy imitation of fome famous an- cient , as it revives in his mind the pleafure he took in the first reading of fuch an author . Such copyings as thefe , give that kind of double ...
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afked againſt agreeable Alcibiades alfo almoft anfwer appear beauty becauſe befides beft bleffings circumftance confequence confider confideration converfation creatures defign defire difcourfe difcovered eafy endeavour eyes faid fame father fatisfaction fays fecret feems feen felf felves fenfe fervant ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fhow fide fince fingle firft fome fomething fometimes foon forrow foul fpeak fpecies fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fure gentleman give hath heart herſelf himſelf honour houſe inftance itſelf laft leaft lefs live look mafter mankind manner meaſure mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary nefs neft obferve occafion ourſelves paffion pafs Palamede perfon philofopher pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent preferve purpoſe raifes raiſe reafon reflect Socrates SPECTATOR TATLER Terentia thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion underſtand uſe virtue whofe worfe
Passagens conhecidas
Página 286 - 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 213 - After it a voice roareth; he thundereth with the voice of his excellency: and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
Página 72 - There is not, in my opinion, any thing more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rises above reason, and falls infinitely short of it. It cannot be accounted for by any properties in matter, and at the same time works after so odd a manner, that one cannot think it the faculty of an intellectual being. For my own part, I look upon it as upon the principle of gravitation in bodies, which is not to be explained by any known qualities inherent in the bodies themselves, nor...
Página 141 - And now, when I thought most of peace and honour, thy hand is heavy upon me, and hath humbled me according to thy former loving-kindness, keeping me still in thy fatherly school, not as a bastard, but as a child.
Página 202 - ... it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
Página 304 - ... a human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties, until the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot, and vein, that runs through the body of it. Education, after the same manner, when it works upon a noble mind, draws out to view every latent virtue and perfection, which, without such helps, are never able to make their appearance.
Página 251 - ... and when the current value of them is generally understood, no man is cheated by them. This is something, if such words were any thing; but being brought into the accompt, they are mere cyphers.
Página 141 - Besides my innumerable sins, I confess before thee, that I am debtor to thee for the gracious talent of thy gifts and graces, which I have neither put into a napkin, nor put it, as I ought, to exchangers, where it might have made best profit, but misspent it in things for which I was least fit : so I may truly say, my soul hath been a stranger in the course of my pilgrimage. Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for my Saviour's sake, and receive me into thy bosom, or guide me in thy ways.
Página 161 - ... that in all the visible corporeal world, we see no chasms or gaps. All quite down from us the descent is by easy steps, and a continued series of things, that in each remove differ very little one from the other.
Página 180 - Men of that sort ever taste the gratifications of health, and all other advantages of life, as if they were liable to part with them ; and when bereft of them, resign them with a greatness of mind' which shows they know their value and duration.