The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]; with notes, and a general index1811 |
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... hope about the business of repu- tation , to be very careful of the design of my actions , but very negligent of the consequences of . them . It is an endless and frivolous pursuit to act by any other rule , than the care of satisfying ...
... hope about the business of repu- tation , to be very careful of the design of my actions , but very negligent of the consequences of . them . It is an endless and frivolous pursuit to act by any other rule , than the care of satisfying ...
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... hope you will allow there is a foundation laid for more elegant and improving gallantries than any the town at present affords ; and consequently that you will give your approbation to the endeavours of ' SIR , - " Your most obedient ...
... hope you will allow there is a foundation laid for more elegant and improving gallantries than any the town at present affords ; and consequently that you will give your approbation to the endeavours of ' SIR , - " Your most obedient ...
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... hope you ill take the liberty to furnish you nt of such a one as , perhaps , you 1 your travels , unless it was your on some of the woody parts of the in your voyage to or from Grand re arose in this university ( long without saying any ...
... hope you ill take the liberty to furnish you nt of such a one as , perhaps , you 1 your travels , unless it was your on some of the woody parts of the in your voyage to or from Grand re arose in this university ( long without saying any ...
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... hope , may give to such an handsome young fel- some ease to those unhappy gentlemen who do me that he is secretly married to a the honour to torment themselves upon the account When they doubt , he adds cir- of this my paper . As their ...
... hope , may give to such an handsome young fel- some ease to those unhappy gentlemen who do me that he is secretly married to a the honour to torment themselves upon the account When they doubt , he adds cir- of this my paper . As their ...
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... hope you will recommend me so effectually , as that I may say something be fore I go off the stage : in which you will do : great act of charity to Your most humble servant , WILLIAM SCRENE . ' MR . SPECTATOR , UNDERSTANDING that Mr ...
... hope you will recommend me so effectually , as that I may say something be fore I go off the stage : in which you will do : great act of charity to Your most humble servant , WILLIAM SCRENE . ' MR . SPECTATOR , UNDERSTANDING that Mr ...
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Page 206 - 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 29 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, 1 consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
Page 206 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: because I deliv-10 ered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 435 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Page 427 - And I looked, and behold, a pale horse : and his name that sat on him was Death, and hell followed with him.
Page 181 - I here fetched a deep sigh. Alas, said I, man was made in vain ! how is he given away to misery and mortality ! tortured in life, and swallowed up in death ! The genius being moved with compassion towards me, bade me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. Look no more...
Page 355 - 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, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven : The roof was fretted gold.
Page 181 - There were indeed some persons, but their number was very small, that continued a kind of hobbling march on the broken arches, but fell through one after another, being quite tired and spent with so long a walk.
Page 206 - If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; (What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him ? Did not he that made me in the womb make him ? and did not One fashion us in the womb...
Page 249 - If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon upon him, I shall make use of the same instance to illustrate the force of education, which Aristotle has brought to explain his doctrine of substantial forms, when he tells us that a statue lies hid in a block of marble ; and that the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish. The figure is in the stone, and the sculptor only finds it.