The Spectator, Volumen2George Gregory Smith J.M. Dent & Company, 1897 |
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... Subject such Passages as occur to my Memory out of ancient Authors , I cannot omit a Sentence in the Celebrated Funeral Oration of Pericles , which he made in Honour of those Brave Athenians that were Slain in a Fight with the Lacede ...
... Subject such Passages as occur to my Memory out of ancient Authors , I cannot omit a Sentence in the Celebrated Funeral Oration of Pericles , which he made in Honour of those Brave Athenians that were Slain in a Fight with the Lacede ...
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... Subjects ? Will the Father of his Country murder his People ? But , the merciful Pharamond does destroy his Subjects , the Father of his Country does murder his People , Fortune is so much the Pursuit of Mankind , that all Glory and ...
... Subjects ? Will the Father of his Country murder his People ? But , the merciful Pharamond does destroy his Subjects , the Father of his Country does murder his People , Fortune is so much the Pursuit of Mankind , that all Glory and ...
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... Subject in a double Capacity , I once met with a Page of Mr. Baxter under a Christmas Pye . Whether or no the Pastry Cook had made use of it through Chance , or Waggery , for the defence of that superstitious Viande , I know not ; but ...
... Subject in a double Capacity , I once met with a Page of Mr. Baxter under a Christmas Pye . Whether or no the Pastry Cook had made use of it through Chance , or Waggery , for the defence of that superstitious Viande , I know not ; but ...
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... Subject , and are such as are the most proper to excite Pity , For which Reason the whole Narration has something in it very moving ; notwithstanding the Author of it ( whoever he was ) has delivered it in such an abject Phrase , and ...
... Subject , and are such as are the most proper to excite Pity , For which Reason the whole Narration has something in it very moving ; notwithstanding the Author of it ( whoever he was ) has delivered it in such an abject Phrase , and ...
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... Subject , as he has expressed them in the Character of the Misanthrope ; but those only who are endowed with a true Greatness of Soul and Ġenius , can divest themselves of the little Images of Ridicule , and admire Nature in her ...
... Subject , as he has expressed them in the Character of the Misanthrope ; but those only who are endowed with a true Greatness of Soul and Ġenius , can divest themselves of the little Images of Ridicule , and admire Nature in her ...
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Página 282 - ... than thine eye, or even thine imagination can extend itself. These are the mansions of good men after death, who, according to the degree and kinds of virtue in which they excelled, are distributed among these several islands, which abound with pleasures of different kinds and degrees, suitable to the relishes and perfections of those who are settled in them; every island is a paradise accommodated to its respective inhabitants. Are not these, O Mirzah, habitations worth contending for?
Página 110 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself ; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servants to them.
Página 110 - I was yesterday very much surprised to hear my old friend in the midst of the service calling out to one John Matthews to mind what he was about, and not disturb the congregation. This John Matthews, it seems, is remarkable for being an idle fellow, and at that time was kicking his heels for his diversion.
Página 108 - There is not, in my opinion, a more pleasing and triumphant consideration in religion than this, of the perpetual progress which the soul makes towards the perfection of its nature, without ever arriving at a period in it.
Página 282 - Does life appear miserable, that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward? Is death to be feared, that will convey thee to so happy an existence? Think not man was made in vain, who has such an eternity reserved for him.
Página 147 - Mr. such an one, if he pleased, might take the law of him for fishing in that part of the river. My friend Sir Roger heard them both upon a round trot; and after having paused some time, told them, with the air of a man who would not give his judgment rashly, that much might be said on both sides.
Página 107 - A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can never pass : in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of; and were he to live ten thousand more, would be the same thing he is at present.
Página 282 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Página 282 - Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge.
Página 111 - Parson threatens him, if he does not mend his manners, to pray for him in the face of the whole congregation. Feuds of this nature, though too frequent in the country, are very fatal to the ordinary people; who are so used to be dazzled with riches, that they pay as much deference to the understanding of a man of an estate, as of a man of learning; and are very hardly brought to regard any truth, how important soever it may be, that is preached to them, when they know there are several men of five...