Selections from the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, and Freeholder, Volum 2Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) Edward Moxon, 1849 |
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Pàgina 35
... soon loses sight of it , and feels in itself a kind of chasm , that wants to be filled with matter of a more sensible bulk . We can neither widen nor contract the faculty to the dimension of either extreme . The D 2 ON THE PLEASURES OF ...
... soon loses sight of it , and feels in itself a kind of chasm , that wants to be filled with matter of a more sensible bulk . We can neither widen nor contract the faculty to the dimension of either extreme . The D 2 ON THE PLEASURES OF ...
Pàgina 41
... soon informed by the genius it was Mars , who had long usurped a place among the attendants of the Spring . He made way for a softer appearance : it was Venus , with- out any ornament but her own beauties , not so much as her own cestus ...
... soon informed by the genius it was Mars , who had long usurped a place among the attendants of the Spring . He made way for a softer appearance : it was Venus , with- out any ornament but her own beauties , not so much as her own cestus ...
Pàgina 45
... soon as I am dead , to anoint me with this unguent ; and when you see me begin to move , pour into my lips this inestimable liquor , else the force of the ointment will be ineffectual . By this means you will give me life as I gave you ...
... soon as I am dead , to anoint me with this unguent ; and when you see me begin to move , pour into my lips this inestimable liquor , else the force of the ointment will be ineffectual . By this means you will give me life as I gave you ...
Pàgina 62
... soon fell in with a fleet of gardeners bound for the several market - ports of London ; and it was the most pleasing scene imaginable to see the cheerfulness with which those industrious people plied their way to a certain sale of their ...
... soon fell in with a fleet of gardeners bound for the several market - ports of London ; and it was the most pleasing scene imaginable to see the cheerfulness with which those industrious people plied their way to a certain sale of their ...
Pàgina 70
... soon as he came to age he would distribute wealth to none but virtuous and just men ; upon which Jupiter , con- sidering the pernicious consequences of such a resolution , took his sight away from him , and left him to stroll about the ...
... soon as he came to age he would distribute wealth to none but virtuous and just men ; upon which Jupiter , con- sidering the pernicious consequences of such a resolution , took his sight away from him , and left him to stroll about the ...
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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...