The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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Página 164
... happy malady of complaining that he is sick . " That this custom of his makes him , by his own confession , fit only for the infirmary , and therefore he has not waited for being sentenced to it . " That he is conscious there is nothing ...
... happy malady of complaining that he is sick . " That this custom of his makes him , by his own confession , fit only for the infirmary , and therefore he has not waited for being sentenced to it . " That he is conscious there is nothing ...
Página 173
... happy as the day is long . Now , Mr. Spec , I desire you would find out some name for these craving damsels , whether dignified or distinguished under some or all of the following denominations ; to wit , " Trash - eat- ers , Oatmeal ...
... happy as the day is long . Now , Mr. Spec , I desire you would find out some name for these craving damsels , whether dignified or distinguished under some or all of the following denominations ; to wit , " Trash - eat- ers , Oatmeal ...
Página 185
... happy conclusion . The campaigns which both sexes passed together , made them so well acquainted with one another , that at the end of the war they did not care for parting . In the beginning of it they lodged in separate camps , but ...
... happy conclusion . The campaigns which both sexes passed together , made them so well acquainted with one another , that at the end of the war they did not care for parting . In the beginning of it they lodged in separate camps , but ...
Página 216
... happy by his happiness . He reaps the benefit of every divine attribute , and loses his own insufficiency in the fullness of infinite perfec- tion . To make our lives more easy to us , we are com- manded to put our trust in him , who is ...
... happy by his happiness . He reaps the benefit of every divine attribute , and loses his own insufficiency in the fullness of infinite perfec- tion . To make our lives more easy to us , we are com- manded to put our trust in him , who is ...
Página 221
... happy or unfortunate , high or low , rich or poor ( whether so through want of money , or desire of more ) , healthy or sickly , mar- ried or single ; nay , whether tall or short , fat or lean ; and of what trade , occupation ...
... happy or unfortunate , high or low , rich or poor ( whether so through want of money , or desire of more ) , healthy or sickly , mar- ried or single ; nay , whether tall or short , fat or lean ; and of what trade , occupation ...
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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
Passagens conhecidas
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...