The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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... beauty , were in their stature , countenance , and mien so very much alike , that if you were speaking of them in their absence , the words in which you described the one must give you an idea of the other . They were hardly ...
... beauty , were in their stature , countenance , and mien so very much alike , that if you were speaking of them in their absence , the words in which you described the one must give you an idea of the other . They were hardly ...
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... beauty . During this constant struggle it happened , that Phillis one day at public prayers smote the heart of a gay West Indian , who appeared in all the co- lours which can affect an eye that could not dis- tinguish between being fine ...
... beauty . During this constant struggle it happened , that Phillis one day at public prayers smote the heart of a gay West Indian , who appeared in all the co- lours which can affect an eye that could not dis- tinguish between being fine ...
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... beauty . This way of declaring war upon one another , puts me in mind of what is reported of the tigress , that several spots rise in her skin when she is angry , or , as Mr. Cowley has imitated the verses that stand as the motto of ...
... beauty . This way of declaring war upon one another , puts me in mind of what is reported of the tigress , that several spots rise in her skin when she is angry , or , as Mr. Cowley has imitated the verses that stand as the motto of ...
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... beauty , they should endeavour to outshine them in all other accomplishments proper to the sex , and to distinguish themselves as tender mo- thers , and faithful wives , rather than as furious par- tizans . Female virtues are of a ...
... beauty , they should endeavour to outshine them in all other accomplishments proper to the sex , and to distinguish themselves as tender mo- thers , and faithful wives , rather than as furious par- tizans . Female virtues are of a ...
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... beauty in the picture ( which was designed to continue as a monument of it to pos- terity ) faded sooner than in the person after whom it was drawn . He made so much haste to dispatch his business , that he neither gave himself time to ...
... beauty in the picture ( which was designed to continue as a monument of it to pos- terity ) faded sooner than in the person after whom it was drawn . He made so much haste to dispatch his business , that he neither gave himself time to ...
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Page 360 - ... human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge.
Page 357 - What thou seest, said he, is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now, said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide.
Page 356 - I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and passing from one thought to another, ' Surely,' said I, ' man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Page 120 - At his first settling with me, I made him a present of all the good sermons which have been printed in English, and only begged of him that every Sunday he would pronounce one of them in the pulpit. Accordingly he has digested them into such a series, that they follow one another naturally, and make a continued system of practical divinity.
Page 120 - I have taken notice of it, has never in all that time asked anything of me for himself, though he is every day soliciting me for something in behalf of one or other of my tenants his parishioners. There has not been a law-suit in the parish since he has lived among them ; if any dispute arises, they apply themselves to him for the decision ; if they do not acquiesce in his judgment, which I think never happened above once or twice at most, they appeal to me.
Page 161 - So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Page 357 - He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock, and placing me on the top of it, ' Cast thy eyes eastward,' said he, 'and tell me what thou seest.' 'I See,' said I, ' a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it.
Page 192 - ... could not forbear discovering greater expressions of mirth than ordinary upon the appearance of this monstrous face, under which, notwithstanding it was made to frown and stare in a most extraordinary manner, I could still discover a distant resemblance of my old friend. Sir Roger, upon seeing me laugh/ desired me to tell him truly if I thought it possible for people to know him in that disguise. I at first kept my usual silence; but upon the knight's conjuring me to tell him whether it was not...
Page 358 - As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon further examination perceived there were innumerable trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers no sooner trod upon but they fell through them into the tide and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud hut many of...
Page 143 - He has often told me, that at his coming to his estate he found his parishioners very irregular; and that in order to make them kneel, and join in the responses, he gave every one of them a hassock and a Common Prayer Book : and at the same time employed an itinerant...