The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... whole puppet - show filled with faces spotted after the whiggish manner . Whether or no the ladies had retreated hither in order to rally their forces I cannot tell ; but the next night they came in so great a body to the opera , that ...
... whole puppet - show filled with faces spotted after the whiggish manner . Whether or no the ladies had retreated hither in order to rally their forces I cannot tell ; but the next night they came in so great a body to the opera , that ...
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... whole night in custody at his suit . 6 Sir , your ingratitude for the many kindnesses I have done you , shall not make me unthankful for the good you have done me , in letting me see there is such a man as you in the world . I am ...
... whole night in custody at his suit . 6 Sir , your ingratitude for the many kindnesses I have done you , shall not make me unthankful for the good you have done me , in letting me see there is such a man as you in the world . I am ...
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... whole book . I have often profited by these accidental readings , and have sometimes found very curious pieces that are either out of print , or not to be met with in the shops of our London booksellers . For this reason , when my ...
... whole book . I have often profited by these accidental readings , and have sometimes found very curious pieces that are either out of print , or not to be met with in the shops of our London booksellers . For this reason , when my ...
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... 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 poorness of expression , that the quoting any of it would look like a design of turning ...
... 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 poorness of expression , that the quoting any of it would look like a design of turning ...
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... whole face is much more expressive than the lines of it . The truth of it is , the air is generally nothing else but the inward disposition of the mind made visible . Those who have established physiognomy into an art , and laid down ...
... whole face is much more expressive than the lines of it . The truth of it is , the air is generally nothing else but the inward disposition of the mind made visible . Those who have established physiognomy into an art , and laid down ...
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Página 360 - ... 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 of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge.
Página 357 - 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.
Página 356 - I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and passing from one thought to another, ' Surely,' said I, ' man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Página 120 - At his first settling with me, I made him a present of all the good sermons which have been printed in English, and only begged of him that every Sunday he would pronounce one of them in the pulpit. Accordingly he has digested them into such a series, that they follow one another naturally, and make a continued system of practical divinity.
Página 120 - I have taken notice of it, has never in all that time asked anything of me for himself, though he is every day soliciting me for something in behalf of one or other of my tenants his parishioners. There has not been a law-suit in the parish since he has lived among them ; if any dispute arises, they apply themselves to him for the decision ; if they do not acquiesce in his judgment, which I think never happened above once or twice at most, they appeal to me.
Página 161 - So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Página 357 - He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock, and placing me on the top of it, ' Cast thy eyes eastward,' said he, 'and tell me what thou seest.' 'I See,' said I, ' a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it.
Página 192 - ... could not forbear discovering greater expressions of mirth than ordinary upon the appearance of this monstrous face, under which, notwithstanding it was made to frown and stare in a most extraordinary manner, I could still discover a distant resemblance of my old friend. Sir Roger, upon seeing me laugh/ desired me to tell him truly if I thought it possible for people to know him in that disguise. I at first kept my usual silence; but upon the knight's conjuring me to tell him whether it was not...
Página 358 - As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon further examination perceived there were innumerable trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers no sooner trod upon but they fell through 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 hut many of...
Página 143 - He has often told me, that at his coming to his estate he found his parishioners very irregular; and that in order to make them kneel, and join in the responses, he gave every one of them a hassock and a Common Prayer Book : and at the same time employed an itinerant...