The Spectator: With Notes and a General Index, Bände 1-2J.J. Woodward, 1836 |
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... Hope 472 Proposal that the rich Sick should as- sist the poor - on the Loss of Sight Sterle 473 Letters on Affectation of Ignorance- from a Poetical Lover - Specimen of the Familiar 474 Letter complaining of Country Man- ners and ...
... Hope 472 Proposal that the rich Sick should as- sist the poor - on the Loss of Sight Sterle 473 Letters on Affectation of Ignorance- from a Poetical Lover - Specimen of the Familiar 474 Letter complaining of Country Man- ners and ...
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... hope you will forgive me when I have an ambition this book may be placed in the library of so good a judge of what is valua- ble ; in that library where the choice is such , that it will not be a disparagement to be the meanest author ...
... hope you will forgive me when I have an ambition this book may be placed in the library of so good a judge of what is valua- ble ; in that library where the choice is such , that it will not be a disparagement to be the meanest author ...
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... hope to make the figure you have done , among the fashionable part of his species . It is therefore no wonder we see such multitudes of aspiring young men fall short of you in all these beauties of your character , notwithstanding the ...
... hope to make the figure you have done , among the fashionable part of his species . It is therefore no wonder we see such multitudes of aspiring young men fall short of you in all these beauties of your character , notwithstanding the ...
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... hope to increase the number of these by publishing this daily paper , which I shall always endeavour to make an innocent if not an improving en- tertainment , and by that means at least di- vert the minds of my female readers from ...
... hope to increase the number of these by publishing this daily paper , which I shall always endeavour to make an innocent if not an improving en- tertainment , and by that means at least di- vert the minds of my female readers from ...
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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 conse- quently 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 conse- quently that you will give your approbation to the endeavours of , Sir , ' Your most obedient ...
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Seite 236 - I passed some time in the contemplation of this wonderful structure, and the great variety of objects which it presented. My heart was filled with a deep melancholy to see several dropping unexpectedly in the midst of mirth and jollity, and catching at every thing that stood by them to save themselves.
Seite 236 - But tell me farther,' said he, ' what thou discoverest on it.' ' I see multitudes of people passing over it,' said I, ' and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.' 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...
Seite 53 - 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, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Seite 172 - Psalms half a minute after the rest of the congregation have done with it ; sometimes, when he is pleased with the matter of his devotion, he pronounces "amen...
Seite 237 - on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity ; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it." I directed my sight as I was ordered, and (whether or no the good genius strengthened it with any supernatural force, or dissipated part of the mist that was before too thick for the eye to penetrate) I saw the valley opening at the...
Seite 236 - 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,
Seite 164 - This humanity and good nature engages everybody to him, so that when he is pleasant upon any of them, all his family are in good humour, and none so much as the person whom he diverts himself with ; on the contrary, if he coughs, or betrays any infirmity of old age, it is easy for a stander-by to observe a secret concern in the looks of all his servants.
Seite 165 - I have given him the parsonage of the parish; and, because I know his value, have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he out-lives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years ; and, though he does not know I have taken...
Seite 437 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Seite 264 - Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me: When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...