The Spectator, Volumen5J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1726 |
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... a refigned Expectation of bet- ter Days . Be pleased to take notice , that within four Months after I left my Husband I was delivered of a : Daughter , " · · C • Daughter , who died within few 2 N ° 3221 The SPECTATOR .
... a refigned Expectation of bet- ter Days . Be pleased to take notice , that within four Months after I left my Husband I was delivered of a : Daughter , " · · C • Daughter , who died within few 2 N ° 3221 The SPECTATOR .
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... pleased with the hidden Mo- • ral , which you have taken notice of in feveral Parts of ⚫ the Poem , The Defign of this Letter is to defire your Thoughts , whether there may not alfo be fome • Moral couched under that Place in the fame ...
... pleased with the hidden Mo- • ral , which you have taken notice of in feveral Parts of ⚫ the Poem , The Defign of this Letter is to defire your Thoughts , whether there may not alfo be fome • Moral couched under that Place in the fame ...
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... that the Poet could have made use of . THE Revolt in Heaven is defcribed with great Force of Imagination and a fine Variety of Circumftances . The The learned Reader cannot but be pleased with the Poet's 26 The SPECTATOR : N * 327 .
... that the Poet could have made use of . THE Revolt in Heaven is defcribed with great Force of Imagination and a fine Variety of Circumftances . The The learned Reader cannot but be pleased with the Poet's 26 The SPECTATOR : N * 327 .
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The learned Reader cannot but be pleased with the Poet's Imitation of Homer in the laft of the following Lines . At length into the Limits of the North They came , and Satan took his Royal Seat High on a Hill , far blazing , as a Mount ...
The learned Reader cannot but be pleased with the Poet's Imitation of Homer in the laft of the following Lines . At length into the Limits of the North They came , and Satan took his Royal Seat High on a Hill , far blazing , as a Mount ...
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... pleased to fee the Statefman Cecil upon his Knees ; and , concluding them all to be great Men , was conducted to the Figure which reprefents that Martyr to good Housewifry , who died by the Prick of a Needle . Upon our Interpreter's ...
... pleased to fee the Statefman Cecil upon his Knees ; and , concluding them all to be great Men , was conducted to the Figure which reprefents that Martyr to good Housewifry , who died by the Prick of a Needle . Upon our Interpreter's ...
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Página 60 - ... up the entry in good order, the captain and I went in with him, and seated him betwixt us in the pit. As soon as the house was full, and the candles lighted, my old friend stood up, and looked about him with that pleasure which a mind seasoned with humanity naturally feels in...
Página 131 - Now the best way in the world for a man to seem to be any thing is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it...
Página 77 - Into one place, and let dry land appear.' Immediately the mountains huge appear Emergent, and their broad bare backs upheave Into the clouds; their tops ascend the sky: So high as...
Página 50 - There are indeed so many wonderful strokes of poetry in this book, and such a variety of sublime ideas, that it would have been impossible to have given them a place within the bounds of this paper.
Página 133 - Indeed, if a man were only to deal in the world for a day, and should never have occasion to converse more with mankind, never more need their good opinion or good word, it were then no great matter...
Página 229 - ... compel us to any thing ; but we will not eat the bread of shame ; and therefore we charge thee not to think of us, but to avoid the snare which is laid for thy virtue. Beware 'of pitying us : it is not so bad as you perhaps have been told.
Página 35 - I'll warrant you,' says Sir Roger; 'you ought to lock up your kings better; they will carry off the body too, if you don't take care.' The glorious names of Henry the Fifth and queen Elizabeth gave the knight great opportunities of shining, and of doing justice to Sir Richard Baker, who...
Página 132 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Página 116 - Whilst he is capable of changing, we may be forced to retract our opinions. He may forfeit the esteem we have conceived of him, and some time or other appear to us under a different light from what he does at present. In short, as the life of any man cannot be called happy or unhappy, so neither can it be pronounced vicious, or virtuous, before the conclusion of it. It was upon this...
Página 23 - The morning hymn is written in imitation of one of those psalms where, in the overflowings of gratitude and praise, the psalmist calls not only upon the angels, but upon the most conspicuous parts of the inanimate creation, to join with him in extolling their common Maker. Invocations of this nature fill the mind with glorious ideas of God's works, and awaken that divine enthusiasm, which is so natural to devotion. But if this calling upon the dead parts of nature is at all times a proper kind of...