The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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Página 41
... nature never designed them . Every man has one or more qualities which may make him useful both to himself and others . Nature never fails of pointing them out ; and while the in- fant continues under her guardianship , she brings him ...
... nature never designed them . Every man has one or more qualities which may make him useful both to himself and others . Nature never fails of pointing them out ; and while the in- fant continues under her guardianship , she brings him ...
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... Nature , and assist her operations , what mighty effects might we expect ! Tully would not stand so much alone in oratory , Virgil in poetry , or Cæsar in war . To build upon Nature , is laying the foundation upon a rock ; every thing ...
... Nature , and assist her operations , what mighty effects might we expect ! Tully would not stand so much alone in oratory , Virgil in poetry , or Cæsar in war . To build upon Nature , is laying the foundation upon a rock ; every thing ...
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... Nature , if left to herself , leads us on in the best course , but will do no- thing by compulsion and constraint ; and if we are not satisfied to go her way , we are always the greatest sufferers by it . Wherever Nature designs a ...
... Nature , if left to herself , leads us on in the best course , but will do no- thing by compulsion and constraint ; and if we are not satisfied to go her way , we are always the greatest sufferers by it . Wherever Nature designs a ...
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... Nature , ' which the oracle of Delphos pro- nounced to Cicero when he consulted what course of studies he should pursue , we should see almost every man as eminent in his proper sphere as Tully was in his , and should in a very short ...
... Nature , ' which the oracle of Delphos pro- nounced to Cicero when he consulted what course of studies he should pursue , we should see almost every man as eminent in his proper sphere as Tully was in his , and should in a very short ...
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... nature among us , they would not a little purify and exalt our pas- sions , give our thoughts a proper turn , and cherish those divine impulses in the soul , which every one feels that has not stifled them by sensual and immo- derate ...
... nature among us , they would not a little purify and exalt our pas- sions , give our thoughts a proper turn , and cherish those divine impulses in the soul , which every one feels that has not stifled them by sensual and immo- derate ...
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Página 363 - I have set the LORD always before me : because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Página 349 - Alas ! poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio ; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy ; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times ; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is ! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft.
Página 218 - 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 368 - 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 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 369 - 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 71 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Página 349 - Alas! poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
Página 218 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord, art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade...