The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory Notes ...Bosworth, 1854 |
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... ladies . " You are to know then that I was bred a gentleman , and had the finishing part of my education under a man ... lady and all the rest of my acquaintance . In a very little time I never came into a room but I could hear a whisper ...
... ladies . " You are to know then that I was bred a gentleman , and had the finishing part of my education under a man ... lady and all the rest of my acquaintance . In a very little time I never came into a room but I could hear a whisper ...
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... ladies who had formerly laughed at me , said , ' Bless us ! how wonderfully that gentleman is improved ! Some ... lady still preserved an apparent approba- tion in her countenance . He was called a strange wicked fellow , a sad ...
... ladies who had formerly laughed at me , said , ' Bless us ! how wonderfully that gentleman is improved ! Some ... lady still preserved an apparent approba- tion in her countenance . He was called a strange wicked fellow , a sad ...
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... lady in her own disposal . I entertained the company , as we men of gallantry generally do , with the many haps and disasters , watchings under windows , escapes from jealous hus- bands , and several other perils . The young thing was ...
... lady in her own disposal . I entertained the company , as we men of gallantry generally do , with the many haps and disasters , watchings under windows , escapes from jealous hus- bands , and several other perils . The young thing was ...
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... lady for what she liked such and such a man , and he ought to tell us by what particular action or dress he believed he should be most successful . As for my part , I have always made as easy a judgment when a man dresses for the ladies ...
... lady for what she liked such and such a man , and he ought to tell us by what particular action or dress he believed he should be most successful . As for my part , I have always made as easy a judgment when a man dresses for the ladies ...
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... lady's enemy , that is , some rival beauty , to be well with herself . A little spite is natural to a great beauty ; and it is ordinary to snap up a disagreeable fellow lest another should have him . That impudent toad Bareface fares ...
... lady's enemy , that is , some rival beauty , to be well with herself . A little spite is natural to a great beauty ; and it is ordinary to snap up a disagreeable fellow lest another should have him . That impudent toad Bareface fares ...
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Página 442 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crowned, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new World — at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads — to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere, Till pride and worse ambition threw me down, Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King ! Ah, wherefore?
Página 390 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Página 18 - standing in the midst of the tide.' 'The bridge thou seest,' said he, 'is Human Life; consider it attentively.' Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about a hundred.
Página 18 - I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept. The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him. He lifted me from the ground, and taking me by the hand, "Mirza," said he, "I have heard thee in thy soliloquies; follow me.
Página 444 - Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad, In naked majesty seem'd lords of all : And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure (Severe, but in true filial freedom placed), Whence true authority in men...
Página 19 - There were indeed some persons, but their number was very small, that continued a kind of hobbling march on the broken arches, but fell through one after another, being quite tired and spent with so long a walk.
Página 446 - On our first father; half her swelling breast Naked met his under the flowing gold Of her loose tresses hid: he, in delight Both of her beauty and submissive charms, Smiled with superior love, as Jupiter On Juno smiles, when he impregns the clouds That shed May flowers...
Página 346 - Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Página 443 - Know ye not then, said Satan fill'd with scorn, Know ye not me ? ye knew me once no mate For you, there sitting where ye durst not soar; Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng; or if ye know, Why ask ye, and superfluous begin Your message, like to end as much in vain ? To whom thus Zephon, answering scorn with scorn.
Página 235 - Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.