The Spectator, Volume 6J. Tonson, 1729 |
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... Nature , but has fomething in it more pleafing and agreeable than what can be met with in fuch an indolent Happinefs , fuch an Indifference to Mankind as that in which the Stoicks pla- ced their Wisdom . As Love is the most delightful ...
... Nature , but has fomething in it more pleafing and agreeable than what can be met with in fuch an indolent Happinefs , fuch an Indifference to Mankind as that in which the Stoicks pla- ced their Wisdom . As Love is the most delightful ...
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... Nature of his Meffages with the most exquifite low Humour imaginable : The firft he obliged Flavia to take , was , by complaining to her that he had a Wife and three Children , and if she did not take that Letter , which , ' he was fure ...
... Nature of his Meffages with the most exquifite low Humour imaginable : The firft he obliged Flavia to take , was , by complaining to her that he had a Wife and three Children , and if she did not take that Letter , which , ' he was fure ...
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... Nature , and is the ftanding Example , as well as the great Guide and Inftructor , of those who receive his Doctrines . Though thefe two Heads cannot be too much infifted upon , I fhall but just mention them , fince they have been ...
... Nature , and is the ftanding Example , as well as the great Guide and Inftructor , of those who receive his Doctrines . Though thefe two Heads cannot be too much infifted upon , I fhall but just mention them , fince they have been ...
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... Nature : And fuch we may efteem all thofe in which Multitudes of Men diffent from us , who are as good and wife as our felves . We fhould al- ways act with great Cautiousness and Circumfpection in Points , where it is not impoffible ...
... Nature : And fuch we may efteem all thofe in which Multitudes of Men diffent from us , who are as good and wife as our felves . We fhould al- ways act with great Cautiousness and Circumfpection in Points , where it is not impoffible ...
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... Nature . I met with very little Variation in the Politics be- tween Charing - Cross and Covent - Garden . And upon my going into Will's I found their Difcourfe was gone off from the Death of the French King to that of Monfieur Boileau ...
... Nature . I met with very little Variation in the Politics be- tween Charing - Cross and Covent - Garden . And upon my going into Will's I found their Difcourfe was gone off from the Death of the French King to that of Monfieur Boileau ...
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Page 259 - Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 65 - Delightful scenes, whether in nature, painting, or poetry, have a kindly influence on the body as well as the mind ; and not only serve to clear and brighten the imagination, but are able to disperse grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions.
Page 290 - 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?
Page 15 - ... enemies, withdraw your princely favour from me; neither let that stain, that unworthy stain of a disloyal heart towards your good grace, ever cast so foul a blot on your most dutiful wife, and the infant princess your daughter.
Page 290 - 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 ever-during 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.
Page 216 - It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction, that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance. It is not like the practice of many other virtues, difficult and painful, but attended with so much pleasure, that were there no positive command .which enjoined it, nor any recompense laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge in it, for the natural gratification that accompanies it.
Page 93 - There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it; the churchyards were all haunted; every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it; and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit.
Page 15 - Grace may be freed from an open censure, and mine offence being so lawfully proved, your Grace is at liberty, both before God and man, not only to execute worthy punishment on me as an unlawful wife, but to follow your affection, already...
Page 218 - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.
Page 275 - 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? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come ; make her laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell me one thing. Hor. What's that, my lord? Ham. Dost thou think Alexander looked o' this fashion i