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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... letters which I receive from unknown hands in approbation of my endeavours ; and must take this opportunity of returning my thanks to those who write them , and excusing myself for not inserting several of them in my papers , which I am ...
... letters which I receive from unknown hands in approbation of my endeavours ; and must take this opportunity of returning my thanks to those who write them , and excusing myself for not inserting several of them in my papers , which I am ...
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... letters from my correspondents . The first of them is the description of a club , whether real or imaginary I can not ... letter may con- duce to the amendment of that kind of persons who are represented in it , and whose characters are ...
... letters from my correspondents . The first of them is the description of a club , whether real or imaginary I can not ... letter may con- duce to the amendment of that kind of persons who are represented in it , and whose characters are ...
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... letter comes from a gentleman , whose taste I find is much too delicate to endure the least advance towards romping . I may per- haps hereafter improve upon the hint he has given me , and make it the subject of a whole Spectator ; in ...
... letter comes from a gentleman , whose taste I find is much too delicate to endure the least advance towards romping . I may per- haps hereafter improve upon the hint he has given me , and make it the subject of a whole Spectator ; in ...
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... letter comes from a correspondent whom I can not but very much value , upon the account which she gives of herself . MR . SPECTATOR , ' I am happily arrived at a state of tranquillity , which few people envy , I mean that of an old maid ...
... letter comes from a correspondent whom I can not but very much value , upon the account which she gives of herself . MR . SPECTATOR , ' I am happily arrived at a state of tranquillity , which few people envy , I mean that of an old maid ...
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... letter of recommendation . It naturally makes the beholders inquisitive into the person who is the owner of it , and generally prepossesses them in his favour . A handsome motto has the same effect . Besides that , it always gives a ...
... letter of recommendation . It naturally makes the beholders inquisitive into the person who is the owner of it , and generally prepossesses them in his favour . A handsome motto has the same effect . Besides that , it always gives a ...
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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...