The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the lives of the authors, and explanatory notes. 12 vols. [in 6]., Volúmenes5-61853 |
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... passions operate variously , and appear in different kinds of actions , according as they are more or less rectified and swayed by reason . When one hears of negroes , who , upon the death of their masters , or upon changing their ...
... passions operate variously , and appear in different kinds of actions , according as they are more or less rectified and swayed by reason . When one hears of negroes , who , upon the death of their masters , or upon changing their ...
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... passions which perplexed the hearts of the poor negroes , that often dropped expressions of the uneasiness they underwent , and how impossi ble it was for either of them ever to be happy . After a long struggle between love and friend ...
... passions which perplexed the hearts of the poor negroes , that often dropped expressions of the uneasiness they underwent , and how impossi ble it was for either of them ever to be happy . After a long struggle between love and friend ...
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... passions are not regulated by virtue , and disciplined by reason . Though the action which I have recited is in itself full of guilt and horror , it proceeded from a temper of mind , which might have produced very noble fruits , had it ...
... passions are not regulated by virtue , and disciplined by reason . Though the action which I have recited is in itself full of guilt and horror , it proceeded from a temper of mind , which might have produced very noble fruits , had it ...
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... passion and your inability to hold out any longer , all's over with you : you are undone , and may go hang yourself : she will insult over you , when she finds you her slave . S SIR , TO THE SPECTATOR . " THIS is to inform you that Mr ...
... passion and your inability to hold out any longer , all's over with you : you are undone , and may go hang yourself : she will insult over you , when she finds you her slave . S SIR , TO THE SPECTATOR . " THIS is to inform you that Mr ...
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... passion , and her eyes firmly fixed on the fire ; when I , fearing he would lose all again , took upon me to provoke her out of that amiable sorrow she was in , to fall upon me : upon which I said , very seasonably for my friend , that ...
... passion , and her eyes firmly fixed on the fire ; when I , fearing he would lose all again , took upon me to provoke her out of that amiable sorrow she was in , to fall upon me : upon which I said , very seasonably for my friend , that ...
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Página 177 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Página 107 - And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Página 179 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno to descry new lands, .Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe; His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
Página 181 - To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: attention held them mute. Thrice he assayed, and thrice in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth...
Página 185 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
Página 170 - Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee In unreprove'd pleasures free...
Página 180 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.
Página 180 - Farewell happy fields, Where joy for ever dwells : Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
Página 3 - The figure is in the stone, and the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.
Página 6 - It is therefore an unspeakable blessing, to be born in those parts of the world where wisdom and knowledge flourish ; though, it must be confessed, there are, even in these parts, several poor uninstructed persons, who are but little above the inhabitants of those nations of which I have been here speaking...