Essays from AddisonMacmillan Company, 1907 - 112 páginas |
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... heads ; we have to gather them for ourselves from his humorous comparisons . Addison had a peculiar right to give his opinions on this subject , for few have ever surpassed him in the charm of conversation . xii ESSAYS FROM ADDISON ...
... heads ; we have to gather them for ourselves from his humorous comparisons . Addison had a peculiar right to give his opinions on this subject , for few have ever surpassed him in the charm of conversation . xii ESSAYS FROM ADDISON ...
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... head , had not all my old acquaintance been reduced to the same shameful figure , excepting some few that were punched through the belly . In the midst of this general calamity , when every- body thought our misfortune irretrievable ...
... head , had not all my old acquaintance been reduced to the same shameful figure , excepting some few that were punched through the belly . In the midst of this general calamity , when every- body thought our misfortune irretrievable ...
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... heads , and were often mixed with a gentle hissing , which I imputed to the letter S , that occurs so frequently in the English tongue . I soon after felt a breeze of whispers rushing by my ear ; for those being of a soft and gentle ...
... heads , and were often mixed with a gentle hissing , which I imputed to the letter S , that occurs so frequently in the English tongue . I soon after felt a breeze of whispers rushing by my ear ; for those being of a soft and gentle ...
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... heads . I asked the occasion of it ; upon which one of the company told me , that it would play there above a week longer if the thaw continued ; ' For , ( says he , ) finding ourselves bereft of speech we prevailed upon one of the ...
... heads . I asked the occasion of it ; upon which one of the company told me , that it would play there above a week longer if the thaw continued ; ' For , ( says he , ) finding ourselves bereft of speech we prevailed upon one of the ...
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... head into a round of politicians at Will's , and listening with great attention to the narratives that are made in those little circular audiences . Sometimes I smoke a pipe at Child's , and whilst I seem attentive to nothing but the ...
... head into a round of politicians at Will's , and listening with great attention to the narratives that are made in those little circular audiences . Sometimes I smoke a pipe at Child's , and whilst I seem attentive to nothing but the ...
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Página 68 - The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred.
Página 67 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Página 68 - But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
Página 82 - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
Página 60 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself or sends his servants to them.
Página 78 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Página 70 - I could discover nothing in it: but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.
Página 61 - I was yesterday very much surprised to hear my old friend, in the midst of the service, calling out to one John Matthews to 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.
Página 57 - I have observed in several of my papers that my friend Sir Roger, amidst all his good qualities, is something of a humorist ; and that his virtues, as well as imperfections, are, as it were, tinged by a certain extravagance which makes them particularly his, and distinguishes them from those of other men. This cast of...
Página 67 - man is but a shadow and life a dream.' Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a musical instrument in his hand.