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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... readers , to acquaint them , that there is a voluntary Lady Bluemantle at every visit in town . STEELE . T. No. 428. FRIDAY , JULY 11 . Occupet extremum scabies- -HOR . Ars . Poet . The devil take the hindmost ! ENGLISH PROVERB . It is ...
... readers , to acquaint them , that there is a voluntary Lady Bluemantle at every visit in town . STEELE . T. No. 428. FRIDAY , JULY 11 . Occupet extremum scabies- -HOR . Ars . Poet . The devil take the hindmost ! ENGLISH PROVERB . It is ...
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... readers of history , that the battles in those narrations are scarce ever to be understood . This misfortune is to be ascribed to the ignorance of historians in the methods of ... reader . I promise my- self No. 428 . 31 THE SPECTATOR .
... readers of history , that the battles in those narrations are scarce ever to be understood . This misfortune is to be ascribed to the ignorance of historians in the methods of ... reader . I promise my- self No. 428 . 31 THE SPECTATOR .
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Spectator The. words unknown to their reader . I promise my- self a great harvest of new circumstances , persons , and things , from this proposal ; and a world , which many think they are well acquainted with , dis- covered as wholly ...
Spectator The. words unknown to their reader . I promise my- self a great harvest of new circumstances , persons , and things , from this proposal ; and a world , which many think they are well acquainted with , dis- covered as wholly ...
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... reader a livelier image of the insipid way in which time uncultivated passes , than by entertaining him with their authentic epistles , expressing all that was remarkable in their lives till the period of their life abovemen- tioned ...
... reader a livelier image of the insipid way in which time uncultivated passes , than by entertaining him with their authentic epistles , expressing all that was remarkable in their lives till the period of their life abovemen- tioned ...
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... not meet with such sudden good luck as , sir , STEELE . Your constant reader , And very humble servant , ' SABINA GREEN , ' Now SABINA RENTFREE . ' T. No. 432. WEDNESDAY , JULY 16 . From the Letter No. 431 . 45 THE SPECTATOR .
... not meet with such sudden good luck as , sir , STEELE . Your constant reader , And very humble servant , ' SABINA GREEN , ' Now SABINA RENTFREE . ' T. No. 432. WEDNESDAY , JULY 16 . From the Letter No. 431 . 45 THE SPECTATOR .
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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.