The Beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians: Connected and Digested Under Alphabetical Heads, Volum 2J. Bumstead, 1801 |
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Pàgina 13
... thou knowest the inhabitants of one of these places do not know what is done in the other . They call thee and thy fubjects barbarians , becaufe we speak what we mean ; and account themselves a civili- fed people , because they speak ...
... thou knowest the inhabitants of one of these places do not know what is done in the other . They call thee and thy fubjects barbarians , becaufe we speak what we mean ; and account themselves a civili- fed people , because they speak ...
Pàgina 14
... thou- fand pardons of me for only treading by accident upon my toe . They call this kind of lye a compliment ; for when they are civil to a great man , they tell him untruths , for which thou wouldst order any of thy of- ficers of ftate ...
... thou- fand pardons of me for only treading by accident upon my toe . They call this kind of lye a compliment ; for when they are civil to a great man , they tell him untruths , for which thou wouldst order any of thy of- ficers of ftate ...
Pàgina 32
... thou feeft ; I'fce , faid I , a huge valley , and a prodigious tide of water roll through it . The valley that thou feeft , faid he , is the vale of mifery , and the tide of water that thou feeft is part of the great tide of eternity ...
... thou feeft ; I'fce , faid I , a huge valley , and a prodigious tide of water roll through it . The valley that thou feeft , faid he , is the vale of mifery , and the tide of water that thou feeft is part of the great tide of eternity ...
Pàgina 33
... thou yet feest any thing thou dost not com- prehend . Upon looking up , what means , faid I , those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge , and fettling upon it from time to time ? I fee vultures ...
... thou yet feest any thing thou dost not com- prehend . Upon looking up , what means , faid I , those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge , and fettling upon it from time to time ? I fee vultures ...
Pàgina 34
... thou- fand little thining feas that ran among them . I could fee perfons dreffed in glorious habits with garlands up ... thou canst fee , are more in number than the fands on the fea - fhore : There are myriads of islands behind thofe ...
... thou- fand little thining feas that ran among them . I could fee perfons dreffed in glorious habits with garlands up ... thou canst fee , are more in number than the fands on the fea - fhore : There are myriads of islands behind thofe ...
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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.