The Spectator, Volumen3William Durell and Company, 1809 |
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... administration of justice . In a word , it fills a nation with spleen and rancour , and extinguishes all the seeds of good - nature , compassion , and humanity . Plutarch says very finely , that a man should not 6 No. 125 . THE SPECTATOR .
... administration of justice . In a word , it fills a nation with spleen and rancour , and extinguishes all the seeds of good - nature , compassion , and humanity . Plutarch says very finely , that a man should not 6 No. 125 . THE SPECTATOR .
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... human life which expresseth so much a good ♢ mind , and a right inward man , as his behaviour upon ' meeting with strangers , especially such as may seem ' the most unsuitable companions to him : such a 6 man , when he falleth in the ...
... human life which expresseth so much a good ♢ mind , and a right inward man , as his behaviour upon ' meeting with strangers , especially such as may seem ' the most unsuitable companions to him : such a 6 man , when he falleth in the ...
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... human society , seem to be persons of the highest distinction , among the vastly greater number of human race , the dead . When the iniquity of the times brought Socrates to his execution , how great and wonderful is it to behold him ...
... human society , seem to be persons of the highest distinction , among the vastly greater number of human race , the dead . When the iniquity of the times brought Socrates to his execution , how great and wonderful is it to behold him ...
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... human life , I cannot help letting the present subject regard what has been the last object of my eyes , though an entertainment of sorrow . I went this evening to visit a friend , with a design to rally him upon a story I had heard of ...
... human life , I cannot help letting the present subject regard what has been the last object of my eyes , though an entertainment of sorrow . I went this evening to visit a friend , with a design to rally him upon a story I had heard of ...
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... humanity with that ease , that he must ' be miserably stupid that is not affected by you . I ' cannot say , indeed , that you have put impertinence ' to silence , or vanity out of countenance ; but me- ' thinks you have bid as fair for ...
... humanity with that ease , that he must ' be miserably stupid that is not affected by you . I ' cannot say , indeed , that you have put impertinence ' to silence , or vanity out of countenance ; but me- ' thinks you have bid as fair for ...
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Página 158 - Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity ; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it.
Página 158 - What mean, said I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches. These, said the Genius, are Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair, Love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life.
Página 249 - 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? Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Página 156 - The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other? What thou seest, said he, is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now, said he, this sea that is thus bounded with darkness...
Página 157 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Página 156 - ... music who had passed by it, but never heard that the musician had before made himself visible. When he had raised my thoughts by those transporting airs which he played, to taste the pleasures of his conversation, as I looked upon him like one astonished, he beckoned to me, and by the waving of his hand directed me to approach the place where he sat.
Página 155 - Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream. Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand.
Página 159 - I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. 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...
Página 249 - If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering: If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep: If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate; then let mine arm fall from my shoulderblade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
Página 160 - The genius making me no answer, I turned me 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...