The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Spectator [no. 162-483H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 8 páginas |
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... Heaven only knows how dear he was to me whilst he lived , and how bitter the remembrance of him has been to me since his death . " She here paused , and lifted up her eyes , that streamed with tears , towards the father ; who was so ...
... Heaven only knows how dear he was to me whilst he lived , and how bitter the remembrance of him has been to me since his death . " She here paused , and lifted up her eyes , that streamed with tears , towards the father ; who was so ...
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... Heaven , and the other in Hell . The youngest descendant of the first family was Pleasure , who was the daughter of Happiness , who was the child of Virtue , who was the offspring of the Gods . These , as I said before , had their ...
... Heaven , and the other in Hell . The youngest descendant of the first family was Pleasure , who was the daughter of Happiness , who was the child of Virtue , who was the offspring of the Gods . These , as I said before , had their ...
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... Heaven by a passport from Pleasure , there to dwell with Happiness , Virtue , and the Gods . " No. 184. MONDAY , OCTOBER 1 . -Opere in longo fas est obrepere somnum . HOR . WHEN a man has discovered a new vein of humour , it often ...
... Heaven by a passport from Pleasure , there to dwell with Happiness , Virtue , and the Gods . " No. 184. MONDAY , OCTOBER 1 . -Opere in longo fas est obrepere somnum . HOR . WHEN a man has discovered a new vein of humour , it often ...
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... heaven nor hell , or , in other words , a future state of rewards and punishments . Not only natural self- love , but reason , directs us to promote our own interest above all things . It can never be for the interest of a believer to ...
... heaven nor hell , or , in other words , a future state of rewards and punishments . Not only natural self- love , but reason , directs us to promote our own interest above all things . It can never be for the interest of a believer to ...
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... heaven in the great article of adoration , plainly show that devotion , or religious worship , must be the effect of a tradition from some first founder of mankind , or that it is conformable to the natural light of reason , or that it ...
... heaven in the great article of adoration , plainly show that devotion , or religious worship , must be the effect of a tradition from some first founder of mankind , or that it is conformable to the natural light of reason , or that it ...
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Página 254 - O'er other creatures : yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best...
Página 281 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Página 439 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Página 446 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, •And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Página 155 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar...
Página 37 - 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...
Página 252 - By quick instinctive motion, up I sprung, As thitherward endeavouring, and upright Stood on my feet: about me round I saw Hill, dale, and shady woods, and sunny plains, And liquid lapse of murmuring streams; by these Creatures that lived and moved, and walked or flew; Birds on the branches warbling; ~a.ll things smiled; With fragrance and with joy my heart o'erflowed.
Página 228 - Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad...
Página 486 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Página 480 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.