The Spectator: With Notes and a General Index, Volumi 1-2J.J. Woodward, 1836 |
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Pagina ix
... Genius 555 Farewell Paper and Acknowledgments of Assistance - Letter from the Aca- demy of Painting 556 Account of the Spectator opening his Mouth 557 On Conversation - Letter by the Am- bassador of Bantam 558 Endeavours of Mankind to ...
... Genius 555 Farewell Paper and Acknowledgments of Assistance - Letter from the Aca- demy of Painting 556 Account of the Spectator opening his Mouth 557 On Conversation - Letter by the Am- bassador of Bantam 558 Endeavours of Mankind to ...
Pagina xv
... genius and application . You are formed for these accomplish- ments by a happy turn of nature , and have finished yourself in them by the utmost im- provements of art . A man that is defective in either of these qualifications ...
... genius and application . You are formed for these accomplish- ments by a happy turn of nature , and have finished yourself in them by the utmost im- provements of art . A man that is defective in either of these qualifications ...
Pagina 32
... genius cannot forbear throwing out against their best friends , when they have such a handle given them of being witty . But let them remember , that I do hereby enter my caveat against this piece of raillery . C. No. 11. ] Tuesday ...
... genius cannot forbear throwing out against their best friends , when they have such a handle given them of being witty . But let them remember , that I do hereby enter my caveat against this piece of raillery . C. No. 11. ] Tuesday ...
Pagina 40
... genius . ' I am , Sir , " Your most obedient servant , ' CHARLES LILLIE . ' C. ally teasing me to take notice of one an - No . 17. ] Tuesday , March 20 , 1710-11 . -Tetrum ante omnia vultum . -A visage rough , Juv . Sat. x . 191 ...
... genius . ' I am , Sir , " Your most obedient servant , ' CHARLES LILLIE . ' C. ally teasing me to take notice of one an - No . 17. ] Tuesday , March 20 , 1710-11 . -Tetrum ante omnia vultum . -A visage rough , Juv . Sat. x . 191 ...
Pagina 44
... genius to escape it . Upon hearing in a torture this sort of temper , and delights in it . When he finds them change colour , and say faintly they wish such a piece of news is true , he has the malice to speak some good or other of ...
... genius to escape it . Upon hearing in a torture this sort of temper , and delights in it . When he finds them change colour , and say faintly they wish such a piece of news is true , he has the malice to speak some good or other of ...
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Pagina 236 - I passed some time in the contemplation of this wonderful structure, and the great variety of objects which it presented. My heart was filled with a deep melancholy to see several dropping unexpectedly in the midst of mirth and jollity, and catching at every thing that stood by them to save themselves.
Pagina 236 - But tell me farther,' 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...
Pagina 53 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Pagina 172 - Psalms half a minute after the rest of the congregation have done with it ; sometimes, when he is pleased with the matter of his devotion, he pronounces "amen...
Pagina 237 - on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity ; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it." I directed my sight as I was ordered, and (whether or no the good genius strengthened it with any supernatural force, or dissipated part of the mist that was before too thick for the eye to penetrate) I saw the valley opening at the...
Pagina 236 - I ascended the high hills of 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,
Pagina 164 - This humanity and good nature engages everybody to him, so that when he is pleasant upon any of them, all his family are in good humour, and none so much as the person whom he diverts himself with ; on the contrary, if he coughs, or betrays any infirmity of old age, it is easy for a stander-by to observe a secret concern in the looks of all his servants.
Pagina 165 - I have given him the parsonage of the parish; and, because I know his value, have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he out-lives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years ; and, though he does not know I have taken...
Pagina 437 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Pagina 264 - 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...