The Spectator, Volume 6J. and R. Tonson, 1767 - English essays |
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... caufe of my jilting him , and I had the affurance to acquaint him with the following maxim , That I should always be- lieve that man's paffion to be the moft violent , who could ⚫ offer me the largest fettlement . I have fince changed ...
... caufe of my jilting him , and I had the affurance to acquaint him with the following maxim , That I should always be- lieve that man's paffion to be the moft violent , who could ⚫ offer me the largest fettlement . I have fince changed ...
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... caufe by his jeft . I have all along acknowledged myself to be a dumb man , and therefore may be thought a very improper per- fon to give rules for oratory ; but I believe every one will agree with me in this , that we ought either to ...
... caufe by his jeft . I have all along acknowledged myself to be a dumb man , and therefore may be thought a very improper per- fon to give rules for oratory ; but I believe every one will agree with me in this , that we ought either to ...
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... caufe , fo by obferving the nature ⚫ and course of the paffions , we shall be able to trace every action from its first conception to its death . • We shall no more admire at the proceedings of Cata- • line or Tiberius , when we know ...
... caufe , fo by obferving the nature ⚫ and course of the paffions , we shall be able to trace every action from its first conception to its death . • We shall no more admire at the proceedings of Cata- • line or Tiberius , when we know ...
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... caufe of this pleasure , because we know neither the nature of an idea , nor the fubftance of a human foul , which might help us to discover the conformity or dif- agreeablenefs of the one to the other ; and therefore , for want of fuch ...
... caufe of this pleasure , because we know neither the nature of an idea , nor the fubftance of a human foul , which might help us to discover the conformity or dif- agreeablenefs of the one to the other ; and therefore , for want of fuch ...
Page 72
... caufe , as they are at pre- fent by the different impreffions of the subtle matter on the organ of fight . I have here oppofed that my reader is acquainted with that great modern difcovery , which is at present univerfally acknowledged ...
... caufe , as they are at pre- fent by the different impreffions of the subtle matter on the organ of fight . I have here oppofed that my reader is acquainted with that great modern difcovery , which is at present univerfally acknowledged ...
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Page 66 - On the contrary, a spacious horizon is an image of liberty, where the eye has room to range abroad, to expatiate at large on the immensity of its views, and to lose itself amidst the variety of objects that offer themselves to its observation. Such wide and undetermined prospects are as pleasing to the fancy as the speculations of eternity or infinitude are to the understanding.
Page 298 - 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 ever-during 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.
Page 14 - I rightly conceived your meaning ; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty, perform your command. " But let not your grace ever imagine that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault, where not so much as a thought thereof preceded.
Page 86 - But this is certain, that a noble writer should be born with this faculty in its full strength and vigour, so as to be able to receive lively ideas from outward objects, to retain them long, and to range them together, upon occasion, in such figures and representations, as are most likely to hit the fancy of the reader.
Page 220 - Every blessing we enjoy, by what means soever it may be derived upon us, is the gift of Him who is the great Author of Good, and Father of Mercies.
Page 71 - He has annexed a secret pleasure to the idea of any thing that is new or uncommon, that he might encourage us in the pursuit after knowledge, and engage us to search into the wonders of his creation ; for every new idea brings such a pleasure along with it as rewards any pains we have taken in its acquisition, and consequently serves as a motive to put us upon fresh discoveries.
Page 15 - Grace may be freed from an open censure, and mine offence being so lawfully proved, your Grace is at liberty, both before God and man, not only to execute worthy punishment on me as an unlawful wife, but to follow your affection, already...
Page 15 - ... of mine enemies, withdraw your princely favour from me; neither let that stain, that unworthy stain of a disloyal heart towards your good grace, ever cast so foul a blot on your most dutiful wife, and the infant princess your daughter.
Page 69 - There is a second kind of beauty that we find in the several products of art and nature, which does not work in the imagination with that warmth and violence as the beauty that appears in our proper species, but is apt however to raise in us a secret delight, and a kind of fondness for the places or objects in which we discover it.
Page 66 - The mind of man naturally hates every thing that looks like a restraint upon it...