The Spectator, Volume 5J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1726 |
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... Difcourfe upon it , have given me Encouragement to fend you a State of my Cafe , by which you will fee , that the Mat- ter complained of is a common Grievance both to City and Country . I am a Country Gentleman of between five and fix ...
... Difcourfe upon it , have given me Encouragement to fend you a State of my Cafe , by which you will fee , that the Mat- ter complained of is a common Grievance both to City and Country . I am a Country Gentleman of between five and fix ...
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... Difcourfe on the Food of Angels . After having thus entered into Conversation with Man upon more indifferent Subjects , he warns him of his Obedience , and makes a natural Tranfition to the History of that fallen Angel , who was employ ...
... Difcourfe on the Food of Angels . After having thus entered into Conversation with Man upon more indifferent Subjects , he warns him of his Obedience , and makes a natural Tranfition to the History of that fallen Angel , who was employ ...
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... Difcourfe upon Mrs. Trueby's Water , telling me that the Widow Trueby was one who did more Good than all the Doctors and Apothecaries in the County : That the diftilled every Poppy that grew within five Miles of her ; that fhe ...
... Difcourfe upon Mrs. Trueby's Water , telling me that the Widow Trueby was one who did more Good than all the Doctors and Apothecaries in the County : That the diftilled every Poppy that grew within five Miles of her ; that fhe ...
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... may not fup- pose that they would have their Riding - Beards on the fame occafion . X I may give the Moral of this Difcourfe in another Paper . Friday , 1 No 332. Friday , March 21 . Minus aptus 42 N ° 331 The SPECTATOR .
... may not fup- pose that they would have their Riding - Beards on the fame occafion . X I may give the Moral of this Difcourfe in another Paper . Friday , 1 No 332. Friday , March 21 . Minus aptus 42 N ° 331 The SPECTATOR .
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... Difcourfe with a wandring Female who was travelling the fame way , a couple of Fellows advanced towards us , drew their Swords , and cry'd out to each other , A Sweat ! a " Sweat ! Whereupon fufpecting they were fome of the Ringleaders ...
... Difcourfe with a wandring Female who was travelling the fame way , a couple of Fellows advanced towards us , drew their Swords , and cry'd out to each other , A Sweat ! a " Sweat ! Whereupon fufpecting they were fome of the Ringleaders ...
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Page 77 - Into one place, and let dry land appear.' Immediately the mountains huge appear Emergent, and their broad bare backs upheave Into the clouds; their tops ascend the sky: So high as...
Page 50 - There are indeed so many wonderful strokes of poetry in this book, and such a variety of sublime ideas, that it would have been impossible to have given them a place within the bounds of this paper.
Page 133 - Indeed, if a man were only to deal in the world for a day, and should never have occasion to converse more with mankind, never more need their good opinion or good word, it were then no great matter...
Page 229 - ... compel us to any thing ; but we will not eat the bread of shame ; and therefore we charge thee not to think of us, but to avoid the snare which is laid for thy virtue. Beware 'of pitying us : it is not so bad as you perhaps have been told.
Page 35 - I'll warrant you,' says Sir Roger; 'you ought to lock up your kings better; they will carry off the body too, if you don't take care.' The glorious names of Henry the Fifth and queen Elizabeth gave the knight great opportunities of shining, and of doing justice to Sir Richard Baker, who...
Page 132 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Page 116 - Whilst he is capable of changing, we may be forced to retract our opinions. He may forfeit the esteem we have conceived of him, and some time or other appear to us under a different light from what he does at present. In short, as the life of any man cannot be called happy or unhappy, so neither can it be pronounced vicious, or virtuous, before the conclusion of it. It was upon this...
Page 23 - The morning hymn is written in imitation of one of those psalms where, in the overflowings of gratitude and praise, the psalmist calls not only upon the angels, but upon the most conspicuous parts of the inanimate creation, to join with him in extolling their common Maker. Invocations of this nature fill the mind with glorious ideas of God's works, and awaken that divine enthusiasm, which is so natural to devotion. But if this calling upon the dead parts of nature is at all times a proper kind of...