The Spectator, Volumen5J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1726 |
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... Time in a refigned Expectation of bet- ter Days . Be pleased to take notice , that within four Months after I left my Husband I was delivered of a : Daughter , " · · C • Daughter , who died within few 2 N ° 3221 The SPECTATOR .
... Time in a refigned Expectation of bet- ter Days . Be pleased to take notice , that within four Months after I left my Husband I was delivered of a : Daughter , " · · C • Daughter , who died within few 2 N ° 3221 The SPECTATOR .
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... notice of in feveral Parts of ⚫ the Poem , The Defign of this Letter is to defire your Thoughts , whether there may not alfo be fome • Moral couched under that Place in the fame Book where the Poet lets us know , that the firft Woman ...
... notice of in feveral Parts of ⚫ the Poem , The Defign of this Letter is to defire your Thoughts , whether there may not alfo be fome • Moral couched under that Place in the fame Book where the Poet lets us know , that the firft Woman ...
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... 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 were go- ing to a ...
... 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 were go- ing to a ...
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... notice that Milton , in the Conferen- ces between Adam and Eve , had his Eye very frequently upon the Book of Canticles , in which there is a noble Spirit of Eastern Poetry ; and very often not unlike what we meet with in Homer , who is ...
... notice that Milton , in the Conferen- ces between Adam and Eve , had his Eye very frequently upon the Book of Canticles , in which there is a noble Spirit of Eastern Poetry ; and very often not unlike what we meet with in Homer , who is ...
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... Notice and Refidence with him ever fince , has made fo ftrong an Impreffion upon me , that he has an Authority of a Father over me , founded upon the Love of a Brother . I have a good Study of Books , a good Stable of Horfes always at ...
... Notice and Refidence with him ever fince , has made fo ftrong an Impreffion upon me , that he has an Authority of a Father over me , founded upon the Love of a Brother . I have a good Study of Books , a good Stable of Horfes always at ...
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Adam Æneid Affurance againſt agreeable alfo Angels arife Bagnio beautiful becauſe beft Behaviour beſt Chearfulness Circumftances confider Confideration Converfation defcribed Defcription Defign defire Difcourfe dreffed faid fame fays fecond feems felf felves ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething foon fpeak Friend ftill fuch fure furprized Gentleman give Heav'n Hiftory himſelf Homer Honour Houſe humble Servant ibid Imagination Inftances juft Lady laft live loft look Love Mafter Mankind manner Menippus Milton Mind Modefty moft Mohocks moſt muft muſt Nature never Night obferve occafion Ovid Paffage paffed Paffion Paradife particular Paul Lorrain Perfon pleafing pleaſed Pleaſure Poem Poet prefent publick Pyrrhus racters raiſed Reader reafon Refpect reft reprefented rife ſelf Senfe ſhall Sir ROGER ſpeak SPECTATOR Spirit tell thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thro uſe Virtue whofe whole World
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Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...