Selections from the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, and Freeholder, Volum 2Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) Edward Moxon, 1849 |
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Pàgina 32
... learning and philo- sophy , and loved to astonish themselves with the apprehen- sions of witchcraft , prodigies , charms , and enchantments . There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it , the churchyards were all ...
... learning and philo- sophy , and loved to astonish themselves with the apprehen- sions of witchcraft , prodigies , charms , and enchantments . There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it , the churchyards were all ...
Pàgina 37
... learning in a treatise on the most indifferent subjects . I have read a discourse upon love , which none but a pro- found chemist could understand , and have heard many a sermon that should only have been preached before a congregation ...
... learning in a treatise on the most indifferent subjects . I have read a discourse upon love , which none but a pro- found chemist could understand , and have heard many a sermon that should only have been preached before a congregation ...
Pàgina 65
... learning , and politics . The last subject kept me till I heard the streets in the possession of the bell - man , who had now the world to himself , and cried , " Past two o'clock . " This roused me from my seat , and I went to my ...
... learning , and politics . The last subject kept me till I heard the streets in the possession of the bell - man , who had now the world to himself , and cried , " Past two o'clock . " This roused me from my seat , and I went to my ...
Pàgina 68
... learning . The observation which I made upon these two weights opened to me a new field of discoveries ; for , notwithstanding the weight of the natural parts was much heavier than that of learning , I observed that it weighed a hundred ...
... learning . The observation which I made upon these two weights opened to me a new field of discoveries ; for , notwithstanding the weight of the natural parts was much heavier than that of learning , I observed that it weighed a hundred ...
Pàgina 85
... learning , he was examined how he abounded in grace . His Latin and Greek stood him in little stead : he was to give an account only of the state of his soul ; whether he was of the number of the elect ; what was the occasion of his ...
... learning , he was examined how he abounded in grace . His Latin and Greek stood him in little stead : he was to give an account only of the state of his soul ; whether he was of the number of the elect ; what was the occasion of his ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
Adam Adam and Eve ADDISON Æneas Æneid agreeable allegory ancient angels appear Aristotle Barsisa beautiful behaviour behold character chimæras circumstances colours consider creation creatures critics CRITIQUE ON MILTON'S death delight described discourse discover divine earth endeavoured entertained epic poem fable fallen angels fancy filled garden genius give hand happy hath heart heaven Helim Homer honour ideas Iliad images imagination infernal Jupiter kind king lady likewise lived look mankind manner Milton MILTON'S PARADISE LOST mind nature never noble observed occasion Ovid Pandæmonium paper particular passage passed passion pastoral PASTORAL POETRY persons pleased pleasure poet poetical poetry proper reader represented Rhadamanthus santon Satan says scene sentiments Shalum sight speech spirit story sublime take notice tells Thammuz thee Theocritus things thou thought told Virgil wherein whole words writing
Passatges populars
Pàgina 282 - Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Pàgina 273 - O flowers, That never will in other climate grow, My early visitation, and my last At even, which I bred up with tender hand From the first opening bud, and gave ye names; Who now shall rear ye to the sun, or rank Your tribes, and water from the ambrosial fount?
Pàgina 272 - Must I thus leave thee, Paradise ? ' thus leave " Thee, native soil! these happy walks and shades, " Fit haunt of gods? where I had hope to spend " Quiet, though sad, the respite of that day " That must be mortal to us both.
Pàgina 203 - Awaiting what command their mighty chief Had to impose. He through the armed files Darts his experienced eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, Their visages and stature as of gods ; Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and hardening in his strength Glories...
Pàgina 282 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Pàgina 199 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head up-lift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Pàgina 99 - ... which is not yet come to my knowledge ; and it is peremptorily said in the parish, that he has left money to build a steeple to the church : for he was heard to say some time ago, that if he lived two years longer, Coverley church should have a steeple to it.
Pàgina 114 - IT is a celebrated thought of Socrates, that if all the misfortunes of mankind were cast into a public stock, in order to be equally distributed among the whole species, those Who now think themselves the most unhappy, would prefer the share they are already possessed of, before that which would fall to them by such a division.
Pàgina 210 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death ; which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good ; Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons, and hydras, and chimeras dire.
Pàgina 281 - Our lingering parents, and to the eastern gate Led them direct, and down the cliff as fast To the subjected plain; then disappear'd. They, looking back...