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... are ob- liged to utter our thoughts , we do it in the shortest way we are able , and give as quick a birth to our conceptions as possible . This humour shews itself in several remarks that we may 14 No. 135 . SPECTATOR .
... are ob- liged to utter our thoughts , we do it in the shortest way we are able , and give as quick a birth to our conceptions as possible . This humour shews itself in several remarks that we may 14 No. 135 . SPECTATOR .
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British essayists James Ferguson (advocate). This humour shews itself in several remarks that we may make upon the English language . As first of all by its abounding in monosyllables , which gives us an opportunity of delivering our ...
British essayists James Ferguson (advocate). This humour shews itself in several remarks that we may make upon the English language . As first of all by its abounding in monosyllables , which gives us an opportunity of delivering our ...
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... shews the genius and natural temper of the English , which is modest , thoughtful , and sincere , and which , per- haps , may recommend the people , though it has spoiled the tongue . We might , perhaps , carry the same thought into ...
... shews the genius and natural temper of the English , which is modest , thoughtful , and sincere , and which , per- haps , may recommend the people , though it has spoiled the tongue . We might , perhaps , carry the same thought into ...
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... , who was afterwards made such a thing - Out of all these circumstances , in the best language in the world , he will join together with such probable incidents an account that shews a person of the deepest pe- 22 N ° 136 . SPECTATOR .
... , who was afterwards made such a thing - Out of all these circumstances , in the best language in the world , he will join together with such probable incidents an account that shews a person of the deepest pe- 22 N ° 136 . SPECTATOR .
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British essayists James Ferguson (advocate). an account that shews a person of the deepest pe- netration , the honestest mind , and withal something so humble when he speaks of himself , that you would admire . Dear Sir , why should this ...
British essayists James Ferguson (advocate). an account that shews a person of the deepest pe- netration , the honestest mind , and withal something so humble when he speaks of himself , that you would admire . Dear Sir , why should this ...
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Page 145 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 221 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Page 130 - ... that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments.
Page 221 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Page 128 - As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon further examination perceived there were innumerable trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers no sooner trod upon but they fell through them into the tide and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud hut many of...
Page 222 - ... if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering : if his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep : if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate; then let mine arm fall from my shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
Page 129 - Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it.
Page 130 - I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. "At length," said I, "show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie hid under those dark clouds which cover the ocean on the other side of the rock of adamant.
Page 134 - There is another kind of great geniuses which I shall place in a second class, not as I think them inferior to the first, but only for distinction's sake as they are of a different kind. This second class of great geniuses are those that have formed themselves by rules and submitted the greatness of their natural talents to the corrections and restraints of art.
Page 158 - ... as superintendents of our language, to hinder any words of a foreign coin from passing among us; and in particular to prohibit any French phrases from becoming current in this kingdom when those of our own stamp are altogether as valuable.