The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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... conversations , which we should not have observed without the help of such ill - natured monitors . In order likewise to come at a true knowledge of ourselves , we should consider on the other hand how far we may deserve the praises and ...
... conversations , which we should not have observed without the help of such ill - natured monitors . In order likewise to come at a true knowledge of ourselves , we should consider on the other hand how far we may deserve the praises and ...
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... conversation . In short , the inha- bitants of St. James's , notwithstanding they live un- der the same laws , and speak the same language , are a distinct people from those of Cheapside , who are likewise removed from those of the ...
... conversation . In short , the inha- bitants of St. James's , notwithstanding they live un- der the same laws , and speak the same language , are a distinct people from those of Cheapside , who are likewise removed from those of the ...
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... conversation , I shall endeavour to give some account of it , and to lay down rules how we may know whether we are pos- sessed of it , and how we may acquire that fine taste of writing , which is so much talked of among the polite world ...
... conversation , I shall endeavour to give some account of it , and to lay down rules how we may know whether we are pos- sessed of it , and how we may acquire that fine taste of writing , which is so much talked of among the polite world ...
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... Conversation with men of a polite genius is another method for improving our natural taste . It is impos- sible for a man of the greatest parts to consider any thing in its whole extent , and in all its variety of lights . Every man ...
... Conversation with men of a polite genius is another method for improving our natural taste . It is impos- sible for a man of the greatest parts to consider any thing in its whole extent , and in all its variety of lights . Every man ...
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... conversation , than the false notion some people have of raillery . It ought , certainly , to be the first point to be aimed at in society , to gain the good - will of those with whom you converse : the way to that is , to shew you are ...
... conversation , than the false notion some people have of raillery . It ought , certainly , to be the first point to be aimed at in society , to gain the good - will of those with whom you converse : the way to that is , to shew you are ...
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Página 363 - I have set the LORD always before me : because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Página 349 - 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 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.
Página 218 - 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 noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Página 368 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Página 142 - Softly on my eyelids laid ; And, as I wake, sweet music breathe Above, about, or underneath, Sent by some spirit to mortals good, Or the unseen Genius of the wood.
Página 369 - 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 74 - He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession. It gives him indeed a kind of property in every thing he sees, and makes the most rude uncultivated parts of nature administer to his pleasures: so that he looks upon the world, as it were, in another light, and discovers in it a multitude of charms, that...
Página 71 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Página 349 - 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 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? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
Página 218 - 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...