The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the lives of the authors, and explanatory notes. 12 vols. [in 6]., Volumes 5 à 61853 |
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... mention , without being moved either by malice or good - will . It would be too long to expatiate upon the sense all mankind have of fame , and the inexpressible pleasure which there is in the approbation of worthy men to all who are ...
... mention , without being moved either by malice or good - will . It would be too long to expatiate upon the sense all mankind have of fame , and the inexpressible pleasure which there is in the approbation of worthy men to all who are ...
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... tend so much as to mention that chart on which is drawn the appearance of our blessed Lord after his resurrection . Present authority , late suffer- ings , humility and majesty , despotic command , and 58 No. 226 THE SPECTATOR.
... tend so much as to mention that chart on which is drawn the appearance of our blessed Lord after his resurrection . Present authority , late suffer- ings , humility and majesty , despotic command , and 58 No. 226 THE SPECTATOR.
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... mention the pieces which Mr. Boul exposes to sale by auction on Wednesday next , in Chandois - street . But hav- ing heard him commended , by those who have bought of him heretofore , for great integrity in his dealing , and overheard ...
... mention the pieces which Mr. Boul exposes to sale by auction on Wednesday next , in Chandois - street . But hav- ing heard him commended , by those who have bought of him heretofore , for great integrity in his dealing , and overheard ...
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... mention of a place called The Lover's Leap , which I find has raised a great curiosity among several of my correspondents . I there told them that this leap was used to be taken from a promontory of Leu- cas . This Leucas was formerly a ...
... mention of a place called The Lover's Leap , which I find has raised a great curiosity among several of my correspondents . I there told them that this leap was used to be taken from a promontory of Leu- cas . This Leucas was formerly a ...
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... mention in your 223d paper , was generally , I believe , a very effec- tual cure for love , and not only for love , but for all other evils . In short , sir , I am afraid it was such a leap as that which Hero took to get rid of her ...
... mention in your 223d paper , was generally , I believe , a very effec- tual cure for love , and not only for love , but for all other evils . In short , sir , I am afraid it was such a leap as that which Hero took to get rid of her ...
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Page 177 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Page 107 - And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Page 179 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno to descry new lands, .Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe; His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
Page 181 - To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: attention held them mute. Thrice he assayed, and thrice in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth...
Page 185 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
Page 170 - Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee In unreprove'd pleasures free...
Page 180 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.
Page 180 - Farewell happy fields, Where joy for ever dwells : Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
Page 3 - The figure is in the stone, and the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.
Page 6 - It is therefore an unspeakable blessing, to be born in those parts of the world where wisdom and knowledge flourish ; though, it must be confessed, there are, even in these parts, several poor uninstructed persons, who are but little above the inhabitants of those nations of which I have been here speaking...