The SpectatorPutnam, 1856 |
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... ideas , that we can hardly persuade ourselves that we could not have thought and written in the same manner . He has somewhere said of " fine writing , " that it " consists of sentiments which are natural , without being obvious : " and ...
... ideas , that we can hardly persuade ourselves that we could not have thought and written in the same manner . He has somewhere said of " fine writing , " that it " consists of sentiments which are natural , without being obvious : " and ...
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... idea of uniting the authors of a periodical in a club - though an obvious one - was calculated to bring out sparkling contrasts of character . But it was not successfully elaborated . Lach personage was greatly dis- sociated from the ...
... idea of uniting the authors of a periodical in a club - though an obvious one - was calculated to bring out sparkling contrasts of character . But it was not successfully elaborated . Lach personage was greatly dis- sociated from the ...
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... ideas , till the business and conversation of the day has supplied them . I have often considered these poor souls with an eye of great commiseration , when I have heard them asking the first man they have met with , whether there was ...
... ideas , till the business and conversation of the day has supplied them . I have often considered these poor souls with an eye of great commiseration , when I have heard them asking the first man they have met with , whether there was ...
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... idea is carried out with much humour in the character of Will Wimble , No. 108. V. also Hon . Mr. Thomas Gules . Tatler , 256 , by Steele and Addison . - G . should be employ , call in , or some such transitive verb , of which " whom ...
... idea is carried out with much humour in the character of Will Wimble , No. 108. V. also Hon . Mr. Thomas Gules . Tatler , 256 , by Steele and Addison . - G . should be employ , call in , or some such transitive verb , of which " whom ...
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... idea . of the ignorance or politeness of a nation , from the turn of their public monuments and inscriptions , they should be submit- ted to the perusal of men of learning and genius , before they are put in execution . Sir Cloudesly ...
... idea . of the ignorance or politeness of a nation , from the turn of their public monuments and inscriptions , they should be submit- ted to the perusal of men of learning and genius , before they are put in execution . Sir Cloudesly ...
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Página 82 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Página 12 - It is said he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him.
Página 222 - The noble earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he...
Página 290 - I was walking with him last night, he asked me how I liked the good man whom I have just now mentioned ? and without staying for my answer told me. that he was afraid of being insulted with Latin and Greek at his own table ; for which reason he desired a particular friend of his at the university to find him out a clergyman rather of plain sense than much learning, of a good aspect, a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of back-gammon.
Página 289 - My chief companion, when Sir Roger is diverting himself in the woods or the fields, is a very venerable man, who is ever with Sir Roger, and has lived at his house in the nature of a chaplain above thirty years. This gentleman is a person of good sense and some learning, of a very regular life and obliging conversation : he heartily loves Sir Roger, and knows that he is very much in the old knight's esteem ; so that he lives in the family rather as a relation than a dependant.
Página 6 - Cocoa-tree, and in the theatres both of Drury-lane and the Haymarket. I have been taken for a merchant upon the Exchange for above these ten years, and sometimes pass for a Jew in the assembly of stockjobbers at Jonathan's.
Página 435 - If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me ; what then shall I do when God riseth up ? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him...
Página 291 - Calamy, with several living authors, who have published discourses of practical divinity. I no sooner saw this venerable man in the pulpit, but I very much approved of my friend's insisting upon the qualifications of a good aspect and a clear voice ; for I was so charmed with the gracefulness of his figure and delivery, as well as with the discourses he pronounced, that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction. A sermon repeated after this manner, is like the composition of a poet...
Página 288 - You see the goodness of the master even in the old house-dog, and in a gray pad that is kept in the stable with great care and tenderness out of regard to his past services, though he has been useless for several years.
Página 7 - Thus I live in the world rather as a spectator of mankind than as one of the species...