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Spectator The. and pathetic : and some years after , in allusion to it , he termed
himself a “ Martyr for the Church ; his play having been damned for its piety . ”
Probably this disappointment was the cause of his ceasing for eighteen years to
write ...
Spectator The. and pathetic : and some years after , in allusion to it , he termed
himself a “ Martyr for the Church ; his play having been damned for its piety . ”
Probably this disappointment was the cause of his ceasing for eighteen years to
write ...
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Spectator The. Chief Justice Parker ; through whose recommendation of him to
Dr . Bentley , the Master of Trinity College , he obtained a fellowship . Pearce
entered into Holy Orders in 1717 , and became Lord Parker ' s chaplain ; two
years ...
Spectator The. Chief Justice Parker ; through whose recommendation of him to
Dr . Bentley , the Master of Trinity College , he obtained a fellowship . Pearce
entered into Holy Orders in 1717 , and became Lord Parker ' s chaplain ; two
years ...
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Spectator The. “ Rosamond , ” introduced him to the notice of Addison , and a
sincere and lasting friendship between them was the result . Whilst the
negociations which preceded the Peace of Utrecht were yet pending , Tickell
published his ...
Spectator The. “ Rosamond , ” introduced him to the notice of Addison , and a
sincere and lasting friendship between them was the result . Whilst the
negociations which preceded the Peace of Utrecht were yet pending , Tickell
published his ...
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Spectator The. on his elevation to the see of Armagh , took his former associate
with him to Ireland , as bis Secretary , and obtained for him a seat in the House of
Commons . In 1726 he was appointed Ser : retary to the Lord Chancellor , and in
...
Spectator The. on his elevation to the see of Armagh , took his former associate
with him to Ireland , as bis Secretary , and obtained for him a seat in the House of
Commons . In 1726 he was appointed Ser : retary to the Lord Chancellor , and in
...
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Spectator The. He continued to officiate in his congregation , until disabled by
increasing infirmity : he then wished to resign his appointment , but was not
permitted to do so ; his flock insisted upon his continuing to receive the
accustomed ...
Spectator The. He continued to officiate in his congregation , until disabled by
increasing infirmity : he then wished to resign his appointment , but was not
permitted to do so ; his flock insisted upon his continuing to receive the
accustomed ...
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Página 173 - 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 farther examination, perceived there were innumerable trapdoors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers no sooner trod upon, but they fell through them into the tide and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many...
Página 195 - If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me: What then shall I do when God riseth up ? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him ? Did not he that made me in the womb, make him ? and did not one fashion us in the womb...
Página 173 - ... on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it. I directed my sight as I was ordered, and (whether or no the good genius strengthened it with any supernatural force, or dissipated part of the mist that was before too thick for the eye to penetrate) I saw the valley opening at the...
Página 173 - These are the mansions of good men after death, who according to the degree and kinds of virtue in which they excelled, are distributed among these several islands, which abound with pleasures of different kinds and degrees, suitable to the relishes and perfections of those who are settled in them; every island is a paradise accommodated to its respective inhabitants. Are not these, O Mirza, habitations worth contending for?
Página xxxix - There is no place of general resort wherein I do not often make my appearance ; sometimes I am seen thrusting my head into a round of politicians at Will's, and listening with great attention to the narratives that are made in those little circular audiences.
Página 195 - Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me ; when his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Página 173 - I saw the valley opening at the farther end, and spreading forth into an immense ocean, that had a huge rock of adamant running through the midst of it, and dividing it into two equal parts. The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it: but the other appeared to me a vast ocean...
Página 121 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself ; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees any body else nodding, either wakes them himself or sends his servants to them.
Página 25 - ... that I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was born upon one day, and died upon another : the whole history of his life being comprehended in those two circumstances, that are common to all mankind.
Página 115 - My worthy friend has put me under the particular care of his butler, who is a very prudent man, and, as well as the rest of his fellow-servants, wonderfully desirous of pleasing me, because they have often heard their master talk of me as of his particular friend.
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| Título | The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]. |
| Autor | Spectator The |
| Publicado | 1857 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 7 Abr. 2006 |
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