Essays of Joseph AddisonMacmillan, 1882 - 377 páginas |
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... mind he felt forward towards a world of poetic feeling which he never was fated absolutely to touch . But here again the interest of such papers is historical rather than literary . As an actual criticism of litera- xviii INTRODUCTION .
... mind he felt forward towards a world of poetic feeling which he never was fated absolutely to touch . But here again the interest of such papers is historical rather than literary . As an actual criticism of litera- xviii INTRODUCTION .
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... mind , as it is generally very innocent in itself , so it renders his conversation highly agreeable , and more delightful than the same degree of sense and virtue would appear in their common and ordinary colours . As I was walking with ...
... mind , as it is generally very innocent in itself , so it renders his conversation highly agreeable , and more delightful than the same degree of sense and virtue would appear in their common and ordinary colours . As I was walking with ...
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... mind , and application to affairs , might have recommended him to the public esteem , and have raised his fortune in another station of life . What good to his country , or himself , might not a trader or merchant have done with such ...
... mind , and application to affairs , might have recommended him to the public esteem , and have raised his fortune in another station of life . What good to his country , or himself , might not a trader or merchant have done with such ...
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... minds the notions of religion , but as it puts both the sexes upon appearing in their most agreeable forms , and exerting all such qualities as are apt to give them a figure in the eye of the village . A country - fellow distinguishes ...
... minds the notions of religion , but as it puts both the sexes upon appearing in their most agreeable forms , and exerting all such qualities as are apt to give them a figure in the eye of the village . A country - fellow distinguishes ...
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... mind what he was about , and not disturb the congregation . This John Matthews , it seems , is remarkable for being an idle fellow , and at that time was kicking his heels for his diversion . This authority of the knight , though ...
... mind what he was about , and not disturb the congregation . This John Matthews , it seems , is remarkable for being an idle fellow , and at that time was kicking his heels for his diversion . This authority of the knight , though ...
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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.