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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... reflections upon human nature , are the best means we can make use of to improve our minds , and gain a true knowledge of ourselves , and consequently to re- cover our souls out of the vice , ignorance , and prejudice , which naturally ...
... reflections upon human nature , are the best means we can make use of to improve our minds , and gain a true knowledge of ourselves , and consequently to re- cover our souls out of the vice , ignorance , and prejudice , which naturally ...
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... reflection has brought me to so easy a contempt for every thing which is false , that this heavy accusation gave me no manner of uneasiness , but at the same time it threw me into deep thought upon the subject of fame in general ; and I ...
... reflection has brought me to so easy a contempt for every thing which is false , that this heavy accusation gave me no manner of uneasiness , but at the same time it threw me into deep thought upon the subject of fame in general ; and I ...
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... reflection more astonishing , than to consider one of these gentle- men spending a fair fortune , running in every body's debt without the least apprehension of a future reckoning , and at last leaving , not only his own children , but ...
... reflection more astonishing , than to consider one of these gentle- men spending a fair fortune , running in every body's debt without the least apprehension of a future reckoning , and at last leaving , not only his own children , but ...
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Spectator The. ' MR . SPECTATOR , BY STEELE . ‹ The reflections in some of your papers on the servile manner of education now in use , have given birth to an ambition which , unless you dis- countenance it , will , I doubt , engage me in ...
Spectator The. ' MR . SPECTATOR , BY STEELE . ‹ The reflections in some of your papers on the servile manner of education now in use , have given birth to an ambition which , unless you dis- countenance it , will , I doubt , engage me in ...
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... reflections on modesty , as it is a virtue , I must observe , that there is a vicious mo- desty , which justly deserves to be ridiculed , and which those persons very often discover who value themselves most upon a well - bred confi ...
... reflections on modesty , as it is a virtue , I must observe , that there is a vicious mo- desty , which justly deserves to be ridiculed , and which those persons very often discover who value themselves most upon a well - bred confi ...
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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...