The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volumen5T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811 |
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... Having heard the following epigram very much commended , I wonder that it has not yet had a place in any of your papers ; I think the suffrage of our poet- laureat should not be overlooked , which shows the opi- No. 488 . 9 SPECTATOR .
... Having heard the following epigram very much commended , I wonder that it has not yet had a place in any of your papers ; I think the suffrage of our poet- laureat should not be overlooked , which shows the opi- No. 488 . 9 SPECTATOR .
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... wonder , therefore , that on such occasions , when the mind is thus pleased with itself , and amused with its own discoveries , it is highly delighted with the writing which is the occasion of it . For this reason the Absalon and ...
... wonder , therefore , that on such occasions , when the mind is thus pleased with itself , and amused with its own discoveries , it is highly delighted with the writing which is the occasion of it . For this reason the Absalon and ...
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... wonder that I who have lived in the smoke and gal- lantries of the town for thirty years together , should all on a sudden grow fond of a country life . Had not my dog of a steward run away as he did , without making his accounts , I ...
... wonder that I who have lived in the smoke and gal- lantries of the town for thirty years together , should all on a sudden grow fond of a country life . Had not my dog of a steward run away as he did , without making his accounts , I ...
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... wonder and adoration , we are alto- gether ignorant . This , as I have said before , we ought to acquiesce in , that the Sovereign Being , the Great Author of Nature , has in him all possible perfection , as well in kind as in degree ...
... wonder and adoration , we are alto- gether ignorant . This , as I have said before , we ought to acquiesce in , that the Sovereign Being , the Great Author of Nature , has in him all possible perfection , as well in kind as in degree ...
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... wonder would be nothing in comparison with this . But when we see this similitude and resemblance in the arm , the hand , the fingers ; when we see one half of the body entirely correspond with the other , in all those minute strokes ...
... wonder would be nothing in comparison with this . But when we see this similitude and resemblance in the arm , the hand , the fingers ; when we see one half of the body entirely correspond with the other , in all those minute strokes ...
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Página 159 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Página 124 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Página 364 - Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not, It ought not to be sported with.
Página 11 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Página 46 - ... lady whom he had made love to the forty last years of his life ; but this only proved a lightning before death. He has bequeathed to this lady, as a token of his love, a great...
Página 13 - My life, if thou preserv'st my life, Thy sacrifice shall be ; And death, if death must be my doom, Shall join my soul to thee.
Página 121 - I considered that infinite host of stars, or, to speak more philosophically, of suns which were then shining upon me, with those innumerable sets of planets or worlds which were moving round their respective suns; when I still enlarged the idea, and supposed another heaven of suns and worlds rising still above this which we discovered, and these still enlightened...
Página 251 - Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
Página 44 - O'erwhelm'd with guilt and fear, I see my Maker face to face ; O how shall I appear ! 2 If yet, while pardon may be found, And mercy may be sought, My heart with inward horror shrinks, And trembles at the thought: 3...
Página 251 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?