The Spectator, Volum 6J. Tonson, 1729 |
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Pàgina 12
... must be owing chiefly to the ufe of brown Juggs , muddy Belch , and the Fumes of a certain memorable Place of Rendezvous with us at Meals , known by the Name of Staincoat Hole : For the Atmosphere of the Kitchen , like the Tail of a ...
... must be owing chiefly to the ufe of brown Juggs , muddy Belch , and the Fumes of a certain memorable Place of Rendezvous with us at Meals , known by the Name of Staincoat Hole : For the Atmosphere of the Kitchen , like the Tail of a ...
Pàgina 17
... must know , is the best Man in Town for carrying a Billet ; the Fel- low has a thin Body , fwift Step , demure Looks , fufficient Senfe , and knows the Town . This Man carried Cinthio's firft Letter to Flavia , and by frequent Errands ...
... must know , is the best Man in Town for carrying a Billet ; the Fel- low has a thin Body , fwift Step , demure Looks , fufficient Senfe , and knows the Town . This Man carried Cinthio's firft Letter to Flavia , and by frequent Errands ...
Pàgina 19
... must have been under when you writ , for want of hearing the whole Circum- ftance . ROBIN came back in an Inftant , and Cynthio an fwered : " Madam , " Half an Hour , fix Minutes after Three , June 4. Will's Coffee - house . This ...
... must have been under when you writ , for want of hearing the whole Circum- ftance . ROBIN came back in an Inftant , and Cynthio an fwered : " Madam , " Half an Hour , fix Minutes after Three , June 4. Will's Coffee - house . This ...
Pàgina 23
... must own never yet knew any Party fo juft and reasonable , that a Man could follow it in its Height and Violence , and at the fame time be innocent . I WE fhould likewife be very apprehenfive of thofe A- tions which proceed from natural ...
... must own never yet knew any Party fo juft and reasonable , that a Man could follow it in its Height and Violence , and at the fame time be innocent . I WE fhould likewife be very apprehenfive of thofe A- tions which proceed from natural ...
Pàgina 28
... must know , " Sir , I am one of that Species of Women , whom you have often Characteriz'd under the Name of Filts , and that I send you thefe Lines , as well to do Pub- lick Penance for having fo long continued in a known Error , as to ...
... must know , " Sir , I am one of that Species of Women , whom you have often Characteriz'd under the Name of Filts , and that I send you thefe Lines , as well to do Pub- lick Penance for having fo long continued in a known Error , as to ...
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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