The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the lives of the authors, and explanatory notes. 12 vols. [in 6]., Volumes 5-61853 |
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... greatest congregation . One of them being well versed in the fathers , used to quote every now and then a Latin sentence to his illiterate hearers , who it * Aristotle , or as some think , Diogenes . • seems , found themselves so ...
... greatest congregation . One of them being well versed in the fathers , used to quote every now and then a Latin sentence to his illiterate hearers , who it * Aristotle , or as some think , Diogenes . • seems , found themselves so ...
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... so contemptible as they deserve . Tully says , it is the greatest wickedness to lessen your paternal • Intended to characterize the Duke of Buckingham . estate . And if a man would thoroughly consi- der 38 No. 223 . THE SPECTATOR .
... so contemptible as they deserve . Tully says , it is the greatest wickedness to lessen your paternal • Intended to characterize the Duke of Buckingham . estate . And if a man would thoroughly consi- der 38 No. 223 . THE SPECTATOR .
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... towards a friend , savours more of cunning than of discretion , and would cut a man off from the greatest pleasures of life , which are the freedoms Besides of conversation with a bosom friend . that , 52 No. 225 . THE SPECTATOR .
... towards a friend , savours more of cunning than of discretion , and would cut a man off from the greatest pleasures of life , which are the freedoms Besides of conversation with a bosom friend . that , 52 No. 225 . THE SPECTATOR .
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... greatest wisdom , but at the same time in the power of every one to attain . Its advantages are infinite , but its acquisition easy , or , to speak of her in the words of the apocryphal writer , whom I quoted in my last Saturday's pa ...
... greatest wisdom , but at the same time in the power of every one to attain . Its advantages are infinite , but its acquisition easy , or , to speak of her in the words of the apocryphal writer , whom I quoted in my last Saturday's pa ...
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... greatest and most pious sovereign in the world ; and can not be the frequent object of every one at their own leisure : but as an engraver is to the painter what a printer is to an author , it is worthy her majesty's name that she has ...
... greatest and most pious sovereign in the world ; and can not be the frequent object of every one at their own leisure : but as an engraver is to the painter what a printer is to an author , it is worthy her majesty's name that she has ...
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Page 177 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Page 107 - And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Page 179 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno to descry new lands, .Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe; His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
Page 181 - To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: attention held them mute. Thrice he assayed, and thrice in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth...
Page 185 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
Page 170 - Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee In unreprove'd pleasures free...
Page 180 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.
Page 180 - Farewell happy fields, Where joy for ever dwells : Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
Page 3 - The figure is in the stone, and the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.
Page 6 - It is therefore an unspeakable blessing, to be born in those parts of the world where wisdom and knowledge flourish ; though, it must be confessed, there are, even in these parts, several poor uninstructed persons, who are but little above the inhabitants of those nations of which I have been here speaking...