The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the lives of the authors, and explanatory notes. 12 vols. [in 6]., Volúmenes9-101853 |
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... humour as they can ; for though a country life is described as the most pleasant of all others , and though it may in truth be so , yet it is so only to those who know how to enjoy leisure and retirement . ' As for those who can not ...
... humour as they can ; for though a country life is described as the most pleasant of all others , and though it may in truth be so , yet it is so only to those who know how to enjoy leisure and retirement . ' As for those who can not ...
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... humour and dispo- sition of the head is what chiefly influences all the other parts of a family . ' An agreement and kind correspondence be- tween friends and acquaintance is the greatest pleasure of life . This is an undoubted truth ...
... humour and dispo- sition of the head is what chiefly influences all the other parts of a family . ' An agreement and kind correspondence be- tween friends and acquaintance is the greatest pleasure of life . This is an undoubted truth ...
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... humour , a family - piece , which , since we are all very fond of you , I hope may have some influence upon us . ' After these plain observations , give me leave to give you a hint of what a set of company of my acquaintance , who are ...
... humour , a family - piece , which , since we are all very fond of you , I hope may have some influence upon us . ' After these plain observations , give me leave to give you a hint of what a set of company of my acquaintance , who are ...
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... humour of one shall not be troublesome to the rest of the company . There are many other rules which the society have established for the pre- servation of their ease and tranquillity ; the ef- fects of which , with the incidents that ...
... humour of one shall not be troublesome to the rest of the company . There are many other rules which the society have established for the pre- servation of their ease and tranquillity ; the ef- fects of which , with the incidents that ...
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... humour with his good sense and reasoning , he entered into the following relation . " I will not be confident in what century or under what reign it happened , that this want of mutual confidence and right understanding be- tween father ...
... humour with his good sense and reasoning , he entered into the following relation . " I will not be confident in what century or under what reign it happened , that this want of mutual confidence and right understanding be- tween father ...
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Página 243 - I have set the LORD always before me : because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Página 91 - 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 noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Página 249 - To daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power of others, never in my own; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! O first created beam, and thou great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved Thy prime decree?
Página 213 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : 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 66 - How are Thy servants blest, O Lord How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, Omnipotence. 2 In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air. 3...
Página 91 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For Thou, O Lord, art with me still : Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Página 227 - Alas, poor Yorick ! — I knew him, Horatio ; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy : he hath borne me on his back a thousand I times ; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is ! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now 1 your gambols ? your songs ? ' your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the.
Página 67 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Página 214 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Página 205 - 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.