The Spectator, Volume 5J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1726 |
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... given me Encouragement to fend you a State of my Cafe , by which you will fee , that the Mat- ter complained of is a common Grievance both to City and Country . I am a Country Gentleman of between five and fix ⚫ thousand a Year . It is ...
... given me Encouragement to fend you a State of my Cafe , by which you will fee , that the Mat- ter complained of is a common Grievance both to City and Country . I am a Country Gentleman of between five and fix ⚫ thousand a Year . It is ...
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... given frequent notice in the Neighbourhood ; yet fo it is , that in fpite of all my Care , I fhall every now and then have a faucy Rafcal ride by reconnoitring ( as I think you call it ) under my Windows , as fprucely dreft as if he ...
... given frequent notice in the Neighbourhood ; yet fo it is , that in fpite of all my Care , I fhall every now and then have a faucy Rafcal ride by reconnoitring ( as I think you call it ) under my Windows , as fprucely dreft as if he ...
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veral of the French , Italian and English Poets have given a Loose to their Imaginations in the Description of Angels : But I do not remember to have met with any fo finely drawn , and fo conformable to the Notions which are given of ...
veral of the French , Italian and English Poets have given a Loose to their Imaginations in the Description of Angels : But I do not remember to have met with any fo finely drawn , and fo conformable to the Notions which are given of ...
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... given us of him denotes that generous Scorn and Intrepidity which attends heroick Virtue . The Author doubtless designed it as a Pattern to those who live among Mankind in their prefent State of Degeneracy and Corruption . So fpake the ...
... given us of him denotes that generous Scorn and Intrepidity which attends heroick Virtue . The Author doubtless designed it as a Pattern to those who live among Mankind in their prefent State of Degeneracy and Corruption . So fpake the ...
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... given of my Misfortunes may be of Use and Benefit to the Publick . By the Example I have fet before them , the truly virtuous Wives may learn to avoid thofe Errors which have fo unhappily • mif - led mine , and which are visibly these ...
... given of my Misfortunes may be of Use and Benefit to the Publick . By the Example I have fet before them , the truly virtuous Wives may learn to avoid thofe Errors which have fo unhappily • mif - led mine , and which are visibly these ...
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Page 60 - ... up the entry in good order, the captain and I went in with him, and seated him betwixt us in the pit. As soon as the house was full, and the candles lighted, my old friend stood up, and looked about him with that pleasure which a mind seasoned with humanity naturally feels in...
Page 131 - Now the best way in the world for a man to seem to be any thing is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it...
Page 77 - Into one place, and let dry land appear.' Immediately the mountains huge appear Emergent, and their broad bare backs upheave Into the clouds; their tops ascend the sky: So high as...
Page 50 - There are indeed so many wonderful strokes of poetry in this book, and such a variety of sublime ideas, that it would have been impossible to have given them a place within the bounds of this paper.
Page 133 - Indeed, if a man were only to deal in the world for a day, and should never have occasion to converse more with mankind, never more need their good opinion or good word, it were then no great matter...
Page 229 - ... compel us to any thing ; but we will not eat the bread of shame ; and therefore we charge thee not to think of us, but to avoid the snare which is laid for thy virtue. Beware 'of pitying us : it is not so bad as you perhaps have been told.
Page 35 - I'll warrant you,' says Sir Roger; 'you ought to lock up your kings better; they will carry off the body too, if you don't take care.' The glorious names of Henry the Fifth and queen Elizabeth gave the knight great opportunities of shining, and of doing justice to Sir Richard Baker, who...
Page 132 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Page 116 - Whilst he is capable of changing, we may be forced to retract our opinions. He may forfeit the esteem we have conceived of him, and some time or other appear to us under a different light from what he does at present. In short, as the life of any man cannot be called happy or unhappy, so neither can it be pronounced vicious, or virtuous, before the conclusion of it. It was upon this...
Page 23 - The morning hymn is written in imitation of one of those psalms where, in the overflowings of gratitude and praise, the psalmist calls not only upon the angels, but upon the most conspicuous parts of the inanimate creation, to join with him in extolling their common Maker. Invocations of this nature fill the mind with glorious ideas of God's works, and awaken that divine enthusiasm, which is so natural to devotion. But if this calling upon the dead parts of nature is at all times a proper kind of...