The Spectator, Volume 3W. Wilson, 1778 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 43
Page 6
... Lover's Leap , with Davith ap Shen- kyn's letter 227 On inquifitiveness 228 A fragment of Sappho , tranflated by Catullus , Boileau and Phillips 229 On benevolence and education 230 On modefty 231 On beggars 232 Hiftory of the Lover's ...
... Lover's Leap , with Davith ap Shen- kyn's letter 227 On inquifitiveness 228 A fragment of Sappho , tranflated by Catullus , Boileau and Phillips 229 On benevolence and education 230 On modefty 231 On beggars 232 Hiftory of the Lover's ...
Page 14
... lover's torments give her fpiteful joy . But thefe often carry the humour fo far , until their affected coldness and indifference quite kills all the fond- ness of a lover , and are then fure to meet in their turn with all the contempt ...
... lover's torments give her fpiteful joy . But thefe often carry the humour fo far , until their affected coldness and indifference quite kills all the fond- ness of a lover , and are then fure to meet in their turn with all the contempt ...
Page 16
... lover . Herod was at length ac- quitted and difmiffed by Mark Antony , when his foul was all in flames for his Mariamne ; but before their meeting , he was not a little alarmed at the report he had heard of his uncle's converfation and ...
... lover . Herod was at length ac- quitted and difmiffed by Mark Antony , when his foul was all in flames for his Mariamne ; but before their meeting , he was not a little alarmed at the report he had heard of his uncle's converfation and ...
Page 30
... lover of learning and filence ought to take notice of . ' I am , Sir , " Yours , & c . ' I am afraid , by fome lines in this letter , that my young ftudent is touched with a diftemper which he hardly feems to dream of , and is too far ...
... lover of learning and filence ought to take notice of . ' I am , Sir , " Yours , & c . ' I am afraid , by fome lines in this letter , that my young ftudent is touched with a diftemper which he hardly feems to dream of , and is too far ...
Page 36
... lovers ; the keepers who cannot quit their fair ones , though they fee their approaching ruin ; the lovers who dare not marry , though they know they never shall be happy without the miftreffes whom they cannot purchase on other terms ...
... lovers ; the keepers who cannot quit their fair ones , though they fee their approaching ruin ; the lovers who dare not marry , though they know they never shall be happy without the miftreffes whom they cannot purchase on other terms ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
againſt almoft anfwer beautiful becauſe befides beft behaviour beſt buſineſs cafe caft circumftances confider confideration converfation correfpondent defcribed defign defire difcourfe difcover exprefs faid fame fatire fecret feems feen fenfe fent feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon foul fpeak fpecies fpeculation fpirit ftand ftill fubject fuch fuffer fuperiority fure gentleman give happineſs herſelf himſelf honour Hudibras humble fervant humour huſband inftance itſelf kind laft leaft leap leaſt lefs lofe look lover Lover's Leap mafter mankind manner mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferve occafion ourſelves OVID paffed paffion perfon philofopher pleafed pleaſed pleaſure poffible prefent purpoſe racter raiſed reafon reft reprefented Sappho ſeveral ſhall ſhe Socrates ſpeak SPECTATOR thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tranflation underſtand uſe vifit virtue whofe wife woman
Popular passages
Page 68 - I would have every zealous man examine his heart thoroughly; and I believe he will often find, that what he calls a zeal for his religion, is either pride, interest, or ill-nature.
Page 183 - ... human figure ; sometimes we see the man appearing distinctly in all his limbs and features, sometimes we find the figure wrought up to a great elegancy, but seldom meet with any to which the hand of a Phidias or Praxiteles could not give several nice touches and finishings.
Page 197 - This was he whom we had sometimes in derision and a proverb of reproach ; We fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without honour : How is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints...
Page 218 - Athenians, with what wonderful art are almost all the different tempers of mankind represented in that elegant audience? You see one credulous of all that is said; another wrapt up in deep suspense; another saying, there is some reason in what he says; another angry that the apostle destroys a favourite opinion which he is unwilling to give up; another wholly convinced, and holding out his hands in rapture; while the generality attend, and wait for the opinion of those who are of leading characters...
Page 207 - A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, Was every thing 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 41 - 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...
Page 213 - There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both. The great difference is, that the first knows how to pick and cull his thoughts for conversation, by suppressing some, and communicating others ; whereas the other lets them all indifferently fly out in words.
Page 89 - I have been told of a certain zealous dissenter, who being a great enemy to popery, and believing that bad men are the most fortunate in this world, will lay two to one on the number 666 against any other number, because, says he, it is the number of the beast.
Page 104 - It is said of Diogenes, that meeting a young man who was going to a feast, he took him up in the street and carried him home to his friends, as one who was running into imminent danger, had not he prevented him...
Page 213 - When these have pointed out to us which course we may lawfully steer, it is no harm to set out all our sail; if the storms and tempests of adversity should rise upon us, and not suffer us to make the haven where we would be, it will however prove no small consolation to us in these circumstances, that we have neither mistaken our course, nor fallen into calamities of our own procuring. Religion therefore (were we to...