The Spectator, Volum 8Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 |
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Pàgina 19
... discourses of several sets of people , who relieved each other within my hearing on the subjects of cards , dice ... discourse of his private œconomy , and made him give me an account of the charge , hazard , profit , and loss of a ...
... discourses of several sets of people , who relieved each other within my hearing on the subjects of cards , dice ... discourse of his private œconomy , and made him give me an account of the charge , hazard , profit , and loss of a ...
Pàgina 22
... SPEC , Sir , yours , & c . August 6 , 1712 . ' You have given us , in your Spectator of Saturday last , a very excellent discourse upon the force of custom , and its wonderful efficacy in making 22 No. 455 . SPECTATOR .
... SPEC , Sir , yours , & c . August 6 , 1712 . ' You have given us , in your Spectator of Saturday last , a very excellent discourse upon the force of custom , and its wonderful efficacy in making 22 No. 455 . SPECTATOR .
Pàgina 36
... discourse , however unjustifiable in itself , so it be in vogue among the present party . This , though one of the most common , is one of the most ridiculous dispositions in human nature , that men should not be ashamed of speaking or ...
... discourse , however unjustifiable in itself , so it be in vogue among the present party . This , though one of the most common , is one of the most ridiculous dispositions in human nature , that men should not be ashamed of speaking or ...
Pàgina 40
... discourses of this nature will easily enlarge upon in his own thoughts , and draw conclusions from them which may be useful to him in the conduct of his life . One I am sure is so obvious , that he cannot miss it , namely , that a man ...
... discourses of this nature will easily enlarge upon in his own thoughts , and draw conclusions from them which may be useful to him in the conduct of his life . One I am sure is so obvious , that he cannot miss it , namely , that a man ...
Pàgina 59
... discourses with which I daily en- tertain the public , I saw , methought , a pair of gol- den scales hanging by a chain of the same metal , over the table that stood before me ; when , on a sudden , there were great heaps of weights ...
... discourses with which I daily en- tertain the public , I saw , methought , a pair of gol- den scales hanging by a chain of the same metal , over the table that stood before me ; when , on a sudden , there were great heaps of weights ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 73 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Pàgina 101 - I HAVE SET THE LoRD ALWAYS BEFORE ME : Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Pàgina 14 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ, Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Pàgina 101 - I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : my flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy ; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Pàgina 184 - They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, And his wonders in the deep.
Pàgina 106 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Pàgina 147 - WHO shall decide, when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me...
Pàgina 72 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Pàgina 60 - In counterpoise ; now ponders all events, Battles and realms : in these he put two weights, The sequel each of parting and of fight: The latter quick up flew, and...
Pàgina 106 - And feel thy sovran vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.