The Spectator, Volumen2George Gregory Smith J.M. Dent & Company, 1897 |
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... fall into this Errour of Life , as well as the Misfor tune it must needs be to languish under such Pressures . As for my self , my natural Aversion to that Sort of Con versation which makes a Figure with the Generality of Mankind ...
... fall into this Errour of Life , as well as the Misfor tune it must needs be to languish under such Pressures . As for my self , my natural Aversion to that Sort of Con versation which makes a Figure with the Generality of Mankind ...
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... falling out of Friends , or such other terrible Disasters to which the Life of Man is exposed ; In Cases of this Nature , Eucrate was the Patron ; and enjoyed this Part of the royal Favour so much without being envied , that it was ...
... falling out of Friends , or such other terrible Disasters to which the Life of Man is exposed ; In Cases of this Nature , Eucrate was the Patron ; and enjoyed this Part of the royal Favour so much without being envied , that it was ...
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... Falling in the other Day at a Victualling - house near the House of Peers , I heard the Maid come down and tell the Landlady at the Bar , That my Lord Bishop swore he would throw her out at Window if she did not bring up more Mild beer ...
... Falling in the other Day at a Victualling - house near the House of Peers , I heard the Maid come down and tell the Landlady at the Bar , That my Lord Bishop swore he would throw her out at Window if she did not bring up more Mild beer ...
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... falling in Love when she is about Three- score , if she cannot satisfy her Doubts and Scruples before that Time . There is a kind of latter Spring , that sometimes gets into the Blood of an old Woman , and turns her into a very odd sort ...
... falling in Love when she is about Three- score , if she cannot satisfy her Doubts and Scruples before that Time . There is a kind of latter Spring , that sometimes gets into the Blood of an old Woman , and turns her into a very odd sort ...
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... fall asleep between them , and by that means disgrace them for ever : But alas ! this was im possible ; could I have been disposed to it , they would have prevented me by several little ill - natured Caresses and Endearments which they ...
... fall asleep between them , and by that means disgrace them for ever : But alas ! this was im possible ; could I have been disposed to it , they would have prevented me by several little ill - natured Caresses and Endearments which they ...
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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.