The Beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians: Connected and Digested Under Alphabetical Heads, Volum 2J. Bumstead, 1801 |
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Pàgina 14
... ftate receive a hundred blows upon his foot . I do not know how I fhall negociate any thing with this people , fince there is fo little credit to be given to them . When I go to fee the king's fcribe , I am generally told that he is not ...
... ftate receive a hundred blows upon his foot . I do not know how I fhall negociate any thing with this people , fince there is fo little credit to be given to them . When I go to fee the king's fcribe , I am generally told that he is not ...
Pàgina 26
... ftate is this ! To be offended with ex- cellence , and to hate a man because we approve him ! The condition of the envious man is the most emphat- ically miferable ; he is not only incapable of rejoicing in another's merit or fuccefs ...
... ftate is this ! To be offended with ex- cellence , and to hate a man because we approve him ! The condition of the envious man is the most emphat- ically miferable ; he is not only incapable of rejoicing in another's merit or fuccefs ...
Pàgina 57
... ftate of poverty obfcures all the virtues of liberality and munificence . The pa tience and fortitude of a martyr or confeffor lie con- cealed in the flourishing times of christianity . Some virtues are only feen in affliction , and ...
... ftate of poverty obfcures all the virtues of liberality and munificence . The pa tience and fortitude of a martyr or confeffor lie con- cealed in the flourishing times of christianity . Some virtues are only feen in affliction , and ...
Pàgina 58
... ftate and degree of human improve- ment , from thofe weak ftirrings and tendencies of the will which have not yet formed themfelves into regu- lar purposes and defigns , to the laft intire finishing and confummation of a good habit . He ...
... ftate and degree of human improve- ment , from thofe weak ftirrings and tendencies of the will which have not yet formed themfelves into regu- lar purposes and defigns , to the laft intire finishing and confummation of a good habit . He ...
Pàgina 62
... ftate is to measure our actions by our own opinion , and not by that of the reft of the world . The fenfe of other men ought to prevail over us in things of lefs confideration , but not in concerns where truth and honour are engaged ...
... ftate is to measure our actions by our own opinion , and not by that of the reft of the world . The fenfe of other men ought to prevail over us in things of lefs confideration , but not in concerns where truth and honour are engaged ...
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actions anfwer arifes beauty becauſe befides cafe confequence confider confideration confifts converfation defign defire difcourfe difcovered divine endeavour eternity exiftence exprefs eyes faculties faid fame fatire fatisfaction fecret feems felf fenfe fenfible fent feve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft fome fomething fometimes foon foul fpeak fpirit ftand ftate ftill ftory ftrength fubject fuch fuffer fuperior fure give good-nature greateſt happineſs happy hath heart himſelf honour human humour huſband imagination impoffible inftances itſelf juft kind laft lefs live loft look mankind mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferve occafion ourſelves paffage paffions pafs perfection perfon pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent preferve raiſed reafon reft reprefented Rhadamanthus ſpeak SPECTATOR TATLER thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion underſtanding uſeful virtue whofe wife wiſdom words
Passatges populars
Pàgina 32 - 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...
Pàgina 233 - And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
Pàgina 146 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Pàgina 218 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Pàgina 122 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?
Pàgina 232 - Lord, my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father; and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
Pàgina 338 - Dutch, whom we are apt to despise for want of genius, show an infinitely greater taste of antiquity and politeness in their buildings and works of this nature, than what we meet with in those of our own country.
Pàgina 34 - I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands...
Pàgina 219 - ... uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules: within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married.
Pàgina 35 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.