Select British Classics, Volumen17J. Conrad, 1803 |
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... carried matters so far , that she is ripe for asking advice ; but as I would not lose her good will , nor forfeit the reputation which I have with her for wisdom , I shall only communicate the letter to the public , without returning ...
... carried matters so far , that she is ripe for asking advice ; but as I would not lose her good will , nor forfeit the reputation which I have with her for wisdom , I shall only communicate the letter to the public , without returning ...
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... carried on by persons , each of whom has his little number of followers and admirers , would name from among themselves two or three to be inserted , they should be put up with great faithfulness . Old beaus THE SPECTATOR . 31.
... carried on by persons , each of whom has his little number of followers and admirers , would name from among themselves two or three to be inserted , they should be put up with great faithfulness . Old beaus THE SPECTATOR . 31.
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... carry me so far as to impose upon man- kind the advancement of persons ( merely for their being related to me ) into high distinctions , who ought for their own sakes , as well as that of the public , to affect obscurity . I wish , my ...
... carry me so far as to impose upon man- kind the advancement of persons ( merely for their being related to me ) into high distinctions , who ought for their own sakes , as well as that of the public , to affect obscurity . I wish , my ...
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... carrying on the designs of Providence in this life , will be rectified and made amends for in another . We are not , therefore , to expect that fire should fall from heaven in the ordinary course of Providence ; nor when we see ...
... carrying on the designs of Providence in this life , will be rectified and made amends for in another . We are not , therefore , to expect that fire should fall from heaven in the ordinary course of Providence ; nor when we see ...
Página 56
... his modesty arises from the manifestation of his merit . I must confess we live in an age wherein a few empty blus- terers carry away the praise of speaking , while a crowd of fellows over - stocked with knowledge are run 56 THE SPECTATOR .
... his modesty arises from the manifestation of his merit . I must confess we live in an age wherein a few empty blus- terers carry away the praise of speaking , while a crowd of fellows over - stocked with knowledge are run 56 THE SPECTATOR .
Términos y frases comunes
acquainted admiration agreeable Anacreon appear beauty black tower body Britomartis cerning character Cicero city of London club coach consider conversation countenance creatures daugh death desire discourse divine drachmas dream endeavour entertainment epigram excellent eyes fancy favour fortune gentleman give Great-Britain greatest hand happiness head hear heard heart honest Honeycomb honour hope human humble servant humour husband imagine kind lady learned letter live look manner marriage married matter Menander mentioned mind nature never obliged observed occasion OVID paper particular passion person Pharamond pleased pleasure Plutarch present pretty Procris racter reader reason Rechteren RICHARD STEELE sense September 26 shew sorrow soul speak SPECTATOR tell thing thou thought tion told town Tunbridge VIRG Virgil virtue virtuous whole wife woman women words worthy write young
Pasajes populares
Página 158 - Our first eruption, thither or elsewhere: For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial spirits in bondage, nor the abyss Long under darkness cover.
Página 307 - tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them ? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil...
Página 306 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Página 308 - To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream; ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life...
Página 76 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Página 78 - My life, if thou preserv'st my life, Thy sacrifice shall be ; And death, if death must be my doom, Shall join my soul to thee.
Página 69 - Thus it is observed, that men sometimes, upon the hour of their departure, do speak and reason above themselves; for then the soul, beginning to be freed from the ligaments of the body, begins to reason like herself, and to discourse in a strain above mortality.
Página 99 - If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it. It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
Página 261 - When you glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as you can : for even yet will he far exceed. And when you exalt him, put forth all your strength and be not weary; for you can never go far enough.
Página 100 - They are, indeed, so disseminated through all the trading parts of the world, that they are become the instruments by which the most distant nations converse with one another, and by which mankind are knit together in a general correspondence. They are like the pegs and nails in a great building, which, though they are but little valued in themselves, are absolutely necessary to keep the whole frame together.