A second selection from the papers of Addison in the Spectator and Guardian, for the use of young persons, by E. Berens1828 - 80 páginas |
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... is . " We might carry this thought further , and con- sider a man as on one side , shortening his time by thinking on nothing , or but a few things ; so on the other , as lengthening it , by employing his B 5 EMPLOYMENT OF TIME . 9.
... is . " We might carry this thought further , and con- sider a man as on one side , shortening his time by thinking on nothing , or but a few things ; so on the other , as lengthening it , by employing his B 5 EMPLOYMENT OF TIME . 9.
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... carried him away , before the water was all spilt * . There is a very pretty story in the Turkish Tales , which relates to this passage of that famous impostor , and bears some affinity to the subject we are now upon . A sultan of Egypt ...
... carried him away , before the water was all spilt * . There is a very pretty story in the Turkish Tales , which relates to this passage of that famous impostor , and bears some affinity to the subject we are now upon . A sultan of Egypt ...
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... carried matters so far , that he would not allow any one but a virtuous man to be handsome . This indeed looks more like a philosophical rant than the real opinion of a wise man ; yet this was what Cato very seriously maintained . In ...
... carried matters so far , that he would not allow any one but a virtuous man to be handsome . This indeed looks more like a philosophical rant than the real opinion of a wise man ; yet this was what Cato very seriously maintained . In ...
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... carried to a desire of ruining it . A virtuous mind in a fair body is indeed a fine picture in a good light , and therefore it is no wonder that it makes the beautiful sex all over charms . As virtue in general is of an amiable and ...
... carried to a desire of ruining it . A virtuous mind in a fair body is indeed a fine picture in a good light , and therefore it is no wonder that it makes the beautiful sex all over charms . As virtue in general is of an amiable and ...
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... carry their hatred to those qualities which are of so amiable a nature in themselves , and have nothing to do with the points in dispute . Men of virtue , though of different interests , ought to consider themselves as more nearly ...
... carry their hatred to those qualities which are of so amiable a nature in themselves , and have nothing to do with the points in dispute . Men of virtue , though of different interests , ought to consider themselves as more nearly ...
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Términos y frases comunes
acquainted acrostics admirable Æneid anagrams ancient appear Aristotle atheist audience beautiful behaviour character Cicero consider Constantia conversation death delight discourse discover Dryden Earl Douglas endeavour English Eudoxus false wit fancy father friend Sir Roger garden genius gentleman give Glaphyra greatest hand head hear heart Herod honest honour Hudibras humour king knight language laugh laughter learning Leontine letter live look mankind manner Mariamne master mind nation nature never numbers observe occasion opinion Ovid paper particular passion person piece pleased pleasure Plutus poem poet racter reader reason religion rhymes ridiculous ROGER DE COVERLEY servants short Sir Philip Sidney Sir Richard Baker speak Telephus tell temper thee Theodosius thing thought tion told tongue town tragedy truth Tryphiodorus verse Virg Virgil virtue Whig whole Wimble words writing
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Página 303 - 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 302 - ... subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being. Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week, not only as it refreshes in their minds the notions of religion, but as it puts both the sexes upon appearing in their most agreeable forms, and exerting all such qualities as are apt to give them a figure in the eye of the village.
Página 281 - My chief companion, when Sir Roger is diverting himself in the woods or the fields, is a very venerable man, who is ever with Sir Roger, and has lived at his house in the nature of a chaplain above thirty years. This gentleman is a person of good sense, and some learning, of a very regular life, and obliging conversation...
Página 281 - I have observed in several of my papers that my friend Sir Roger, amidst all his good qualities, is something of a humorist ; and that his virtues, as well as imperfections, are, as it were, tinged by a certain extravagance which makes them particularly his, and distinguishes them from those of other men. This cast of...
Página 395 - ... good use of it, and to pay the several legacies, and the gifts of charity, which he told him he had left as quit-rents upon the estate. The captain truly seems a courteous man, though he says but little. He makes much of those whom my master loved, and shows great kindness to the old house-dog, that you know my poor master was so fond of.
Página 279 - HAVING often received an invitation from my friend Sir Roger de Coverley to pass away a month with him in the country...
Página 109 - Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Página 194 - Hath op'd his ponderous and marble jaws To cast thee up again! What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel, Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous, and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls?
Página 184 - Terror and commiseration leave a pleasing anguish in the mind ; and fix the audience in such a serious composure of thought, as is much more lasting and delightful than any little transient starts of joy and satisfaction. Accordingly we find, that more of our English tragedies have succeeded, in which the favourites of the audience sink under their calamities, than those in which they recover themselves out of them.