The Spectator, Volum 6J. Tonson, 1729 |
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Pàgina 12
... fomething abfurd , that I feem to approach you with the Air of an Advocate for Punning , ( you who have juftified your Cenfures of the Practice in a fet • Differtation upon that Subject ; ) yet , I'm confident , you'll think it ...
... fomething abfurd , that I feem to approach you with the Air of an Advocate for Punning , ( you who have juftified your Cenfures of the Practice in a fet • Differtation upon that Subject ; ) yet , I'm confident , you'll think it ...
Pàgina 13
... fomething in it more pleafing and agreeable than what can be met with in fuch an indolent Happinefs , fuch an Indifference to Mankind as that in which the Stoicks pla- ced their Wisdom . As Love is the most delightful Paffi on , Pity is ...
... fomething in it more pleafing and agreeable than what can be met with in fuch an indolent Happinefs , fuch an Indifference to Mankind as that in which the Stoicks pla- ced their Wisdom . As Love is the most delightful Paffi on , Pity is ...
Pàgina 19
... fomething very unaccounta- ble , and alarms one that has had Thoughts of paffing his Days with you . But I am born to admire you with all your little Imperfections , CYNTHIO , ROBIN run back , and brought for Answer ; XACT Sir , that ...
... fomething very unaccounta- ble , and alarms one that has had Thoughts of paffing his Days with you . But I am born to admire you with all your little Imperfections , CYNTHIO , ROBIN run back , and brought for Answer ; XACT Sir , that ...
Pàgina 23
... fome- thing besides Reason , and always apprehend fome con- cealed Evil in every Refolution that is of a difputable Na- ture , when it is conformable to his particular Temper , his Age , or Way of Life , or when it favours his Pleasure ...
... fome- thing besides Reason , and always apprehend fome con- cealed Evil in every Refolution that is of a difputable Na- ture , when it is conformable to his particular Temper , his Age , or Way of Life , or when it favours his Pleasure ...
Pàgina 25
... fomething brutal in it , which difgraces Humanity , and leaves us in the Condition of the Savages in the Field . But it may be ask'd to what good Ufe can tend a Difcourfe of this Kind at all ? It is VOL . VI . B · to alarm chafte Ears ...
... fomething brutal in it , which difgraces Humanity , and leaves us in the Condition of the Savages in the Field . But it may be ask'd to what good Ufe can tend a Difcourfe of this Kind at all ? It is VOL . VI . B · to alarm chafte Ears ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 259 - Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Pàgina 65 - Delightful scenes, whether in nature, painting, or poetry, have a kindly influence on the body as well as the mind ; and not only serve to clear and brighten the imagination, but are able to disperse grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions.
Pàgina 290 - In power of others, never in my own; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! O first created beam, and thou great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved Thy prime decree?
Pàgina 15 - ... enemies, withdraw your princely favour from me; neither let that stain, that unworthy stain of a disloyal heart towards your good grace, ever cast so foul a blot on your most dutiful wife, and the infant princess your daughter.
Pàgina 290 - 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 ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Pàgina 216 - It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction, that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance. It is not like the practice of many other virtues, difficult and painful, but attended with so much pleasure, that were there no positive command .which enjoined it, nor any recompense laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge in it, for the natural gratification that accompanies it.
Pàgina 93 - There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it; the churchyards were all haunted; every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it; and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit.
Pàgina 15 - Grace may be freed from an open censure, and mine offence being so lawfully proved, your Grace is at liberty, both before God and man, not only to execute worthy punishment on me as an unlawful wife, but to follow your affection, already...
Pàgina 218 - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.
Pàgina 275 - I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come ; make her laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell me one thing. Hor. What's that, my lord? Ham. Dost thou think Alexander looked o' this fashion i