The Spectator, Volumen2George Gregory Smith J.M. Dent & Company, 1897 |
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... desire my female Readers to consider , that as the Term of Life is short , that of Beauty is much shorter . The finest Skin wrinkles in a few Years , and loses the Strength of its Colouring so soon , that we have scarce Time to admire ...
... desire my female Readers to consider , that as the Term of Life is short , that of Beauty is much shorter . The finest Skin wrinkles in a few Years , and loses the Strength of its Colouring so soon , that we have scarce Time to admire ...
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... Desires in the Soul of Man , than the Notions of Plato and his Followers upon that Subject . They tell us , that ... Desire grows more violent , and ( like all other Habits ) gathers Strength by Age , at the same Time that it has no ...
... Desires in the Soul of Man , than the Notions of Plato and his Followers upon that Subject . They tell us , that ... Desire grows more violent , and ( like all other Habits ) gathers Strength by Age , at the same Time that it has no ...
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... Desires which it is impossible for him to gratify , sollicited by a Passion that has neither Objects nor Organs adapted to it : He lives in a State of invincible Desire and Impotence , and always burns in the Pursuit of what he always ...
... Desires which it is impossible for him to gratify , sollicited by a Passion that has neither Objects nor Organs adapted to it : He lives in a State of invincible Desire and Impotence , and always burns in the Pursuit of what he always ...
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... desire in Female Com panions , with a Dash of Coquetry , that from time to time gave me a great many agreeable Torments . I was , after my Way , in love with both of them , and had such fre quent Opportunities of pleading my Passion to ...
... desire in Female Com panions , with a Dash of Coquetry , that from time to time gave me a great many agreeable Torments . I was , after my Way , in love with both of them , and had such fre quent Opportunities of pleading my Passion to ...
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... desire it of you . " After having stood a Fit of Laughter , I begg'd them to uncase me , and do with me what they pleased . " No , no , " say they , " we like you very well as you are " ; and upon that ordered me to be carried to one of ...
... desire it of you . " After having stood a Fit of Laughter , I begg'd them to uncase me , and do with me what they pleased . " No , no , " say they , " we like you very well as you are " ; and upon that ordered me to be carried to one of ...
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Página 107 - Are such abilities made for no purpose ? 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...
Página 103 - The ideas of -goblins and sprites have really no more to do with darkness than light : yet let but a foolish maid inculcate these often on the mind of a child, and raise them there together, possibly he shall never be able to separate them again so long as he lives ; but darkness shall ever afterwards bring with it those frightful ideas, and they shall be so joined, that he can no more bear the one than the other.
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 33 - Man-like, but different sex; so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the world seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up...
Página 278 - My heart was filled with a deep melancholy to see several dropping unexpectedly in the midst of mirth and jollity, and catching at every thing that stood by them to save themselves. Some were looking up towards the heavens in a thoughtful posture, and in the midst of a speculation stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bubbles that glittered in their eyes and danced before them ; but often when they thought themselves within the reach of them their footing failed,...
Página 280 - 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 278 - The bridge thou seest, said he, is Human Life : consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of...
Página 279 - 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 278 - 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 bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest,...
Página 107 - But can we believe a thinking being, that is in a perpetual progress of improvements, and travelling on from perfection to perfection, after having just looked abroad into the works of its Creator, and made a few discoveries of his infinite goodness, wisdom, and power, must perish at her first setting out, and in the very beginning of her inquiries ? A man, considered in his present state, seems only sent into the world to propagate his kind.