The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volumul 7George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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Pagina 84
... learned language . There is to be a picture over the door , with a looking - glass and a dressing - chair in the middle of it ; then on one side are to be seen , above one another , patch - boxes , pin - cushions , and little bottles ...
... learned language . There is to be a picture over the door , with a looking - glass and a dressing - chair in the middle of it ; then on one side are to be seen , above one another , patch - boxes , pin - cushions , and little bottles ...
Pagina 95
... learned Latin and Greek . The misfortunes of my family forced me up to town , where a profession of the politer sort has protected me against infamy and want . I am now clerk to a lawyer , and , in times of vacancy and recess from ...
... learned Latin and Greek . The misfortunes of my family forced me up to town , where a profession of the politer sort has protected me against infamy and want . I am now clerk to a lawyer , and , in times of vacancy and recess from ...
Pagina 126
... learned ; the matter of fact is , I think , incontestible , and has been looked upon as such by the greatest writers , who have been never suspected either of superstition or enthusiasm . I do not suppose that the soul in these ...
... learned ; the matter of fact is , I think , incontestible , and has been looked upon as such by the greatest writers , who have been never suspected either of superstition or enthusiasm . I do not suppose that the soul in these ...
Pagina 153
... , who was lately a great ornament * to the learned world , has * The gentleman here alluded to was Anthony Henley , Esq . who died much lamented , in Aug. 1711 . diverted me more than once with an account of the 494 . 153 SPECTATOR .
... , who was lately a great ornament * to the learned world , has * The gentleman here alluded to was Anthony Henley , Esq . who died much lamented , in Aug. 1711 . diverted me more than once with an account of the 494 . 153 SPECTATOR .
Pagina 182
... learned professions ; for you must know , sir , that from long experience and ob- servation , I am persuaded of what seems a paradox to most of those with whom I converse , namely , that a man who has many children , and gives them a ...
... learned professions ; for you must know , sir , that from long experience and ob- servation , I am persuaded of what seems a paradox to most of those with whom I converse , namely , that a man who has many children , and gives them a ...
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Pagina 22 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Pagina 36 - ... 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...
Pagina 22 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Pagina 378 - To be, or not to be! that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The stings and arrows of outrageous fortune; Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them...
Pagina 378 - But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of?
Pagina 378 - tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die, to sleep— No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heartache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep; To sleep...
Pagina 55 - Tunes her nocturnal note : 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...
Pagina 96 - WHO shall decide, when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me...
Pagina 327 - God, and separate spirits, are made up of the simple ideas we receive from reflection, vg having from what we experiment in ourselves, got the ideas of existence and duration; of knowledge and power; of pleasure and happiness; and of several other qualities and powers, which it is better to have, than to be without; when we would frame an idea the most suitable we can to the supreme being, we enlarge every one of these with our idea of infinity; and so putting them together, make our complex idea...
Pagina 55 - And feel thy sovran vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.