Essays of Joseph AddisonMacmillan, 1882 - 377 páginas |
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... desired a particular friend of his at the University , to find him out a clergyman rather of plain sense than much learning , of a good aspect , a clear voice , a sociable temper , and , if possible , a man that understood a little of ...
... desired a particular friend of his at the University , to find him out a clergyman rather of plain sense than much learning , of a good aspect , a clear voice , a sociable temper , and , if possible , a man that understood a little of ...
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... desired Sir Roger to lend him one of his servants to carry a set of shuttle - cocks , he had with him in a little box , to a lady that lived about a mile off , to whom it seems he had promised such a present for above this half- year ...
... desired Sir Roger to lend him one of his servants to carry a set of shuttle - cocks , he had with him in a little box , to a lady that lived about a mile off , to whom it seems he had promised such a present for above this half- year ...
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... 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 con- juring me to tell him whether it was not still more like himself than a ...
... 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 con- juring me to tell him whether it was not still more like himself than a ...
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... desired to be taken in ; which the master of the boat refused , because the lad had not quite money enough to pay the usual fare . An eminent merchant being pleased with the looks of the boy , and secretly touched with compassion ...
... desired to be taken in ; which the master of the boat refused , because the lad had not quite money enough to pay the usual fare . An eminent merchant being pleased with the looks of the boy , and secretly touched with compassion ...
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... desired to speak with me . Upon my asking her who it was , she told me it was a very grave elderly person , but that she did not know his name . I immediately went down to him , and found him to be the coachman of my worthy friend Sir ...
... desired to speak with me . Upon my asking her who it was , she told me it was a very grave elderly person , but that she did not know his name . I immediately went down to him , and found him to be the coachman of my worthy friend Sir ...
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acquaintance Addison Æneid appeared asked assembly beautiful Bickerstaffe called cat-call Censor church coffee-house colours conversation court discourse dress English F. T. PALGRAVE face fair sex fancy fashion female figure FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE friend Sir Roger gave gentleman give head hear heard heart HEIR OF REDCLYFFE Hilpa honest honour humour husband insomuch JOSEPH ADDISON kind king knight ladies learned letter likewise lion live looked manner matter ment mind Mohocks morning Muscovy nature never observed occasion paper particular passed periwig person petticoat pleased political present prosecutor readers reason Rechteren religion right hand Roger de Coverley says seemed Shalum side SIR NOEL PATON Sir Richard Baker Spectator stood surprise talk Tatler tell thou thought tion Tirzah told town turn walking Whig whole widow woman women word
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Página 379 - THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE.
Página xi - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven to inhabit among Men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-tables, and in Coffee-houses.
Página 12 - I AM always very well pleased with a country Sunday, and think, if keeping holy the seventh day were only a human institution, it would be the best method that could have been thought of for the polishing and civilizing of mankind. It is certain the country people would soon degenerate into a kind of savages and barbarians, were there not such frequent returns of a stated time, in which the whole village meet together with their best faces, and in their cleanliest habits, to converse with one another...
Página 176 - I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trapdoors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. ' The genius seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it : "Take thine eyes off the bridge," said he, " and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up,
Página 173 - As I looked upon him he applied it to his lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was exceeding sweet, and wrought into a variety of tunes that were inexpressibly melodious, and altogether different from any thing I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradise, to wear out the impressions of their last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Página 376 - The inscription is answerable to the monument; for instead of celebrating the many remarkable actions he had performed in the service of his country, it acquaints us only with the manner of his death, in which it was impossible for him to reap any honour.
Página 174 - 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.' ' The valley that thou seest,' said he. ' is the Vale of Misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is a part of the great tide of eternity.
Página 3 - HAVING often received an invitation from my friend Sir Roger de Coverley to pass away a month with him in the country, I last week accompanied him thither, and am settled with him for some time at his country-house, where I intend to form several of my ensuing speculations. Sir Roger...
Página 173 - Mirza," which I have read over with great pleasure. I intend to give it to the public when I have no other entertainment for them; and shall begin with the first vision, which I have translated word for word as follows : — " On the fifth day of the moon, which according to the custom of my forefathers...
Página 14 - ... reprimand to the person that is absent. The chaplain has often told me, that upon a catechising day, when sir Roger has been pleased with a boy that answers well, he has ordered a bible to be given him next day for his encouragement; and sometimes accompanies it with a flitch of bacon to his mother.