The Spectator, Volumen8Tonson, 1739 |
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Página 42
... have two Souls : When the good Soul rules , I undertake noble and virtuous Actions ; but when the bad Soul predominates , I am forced to do Evil . All I сам can fay at prefent is , that I find my 42 N® 564 . The SPECTATOR .
... have two Souls : When the good Soul rules , I undertake noble and virtuous Actions ; but when the bad Soul predominates , I am forced to do Evil . All I сам can fay at prefent is , that I find my 42 N® 564 . The SPECTATOR .
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... Actions . If on the one hand we fairly weighed every Circum- ftance , we fhould frequently find them obliged to do that Action we at firft Sight condemn , in order to avoid another we should have been much more difpleafed with . If on ...
... Actions . If on the one hand we fairly weighed every Circum- ftance , we fhould frequently find them obliged to do that Action we at firft Sight condemn , in order to avoid another we should have been much more difpleafed with . If on ...
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... Action . The Spartan Commonwealth was indeed wonderfully exact in this Particular ; and I do not re- member in all my Reading to have met with fo nice an Example of Juftice as that recorded by Plutarch , with which I fhall close my ...
... Action . The Spartan Commonwealth was indeed wonderfully exact in this Particular ; and I do not re- member in all my Reading to have met with fo nice an Example of Juftice as that recorded by Plutarch , with which I fhall close my ...
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... Actions of a few Objects , that lie contiguous to them . Their Knowledge and Obferva- tion turn within a very narrow Circle . But as God Almighty cannot but perceive and know every Thing in which he refides , infinite Space gives Room ...
... Actions of a few Objects , that lie contiguous to them . Their Knowledge and Obferva- tion turn within a very narrow Circle . But as God Almighty cannot but perceive and know every Thing in which he refides , infinite Space gives Room ...
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... Action that they know not how to lie ftill . They feem generally to be of Opinion , that the Fair at home ought to reward them for their Services abroad , and that , ' till the Caufe of their Country calls them VOL . VIII . C again ...
... Action that they know not how to lie ftill . They feem generally to be of Opinion , that the Fair at home ought to reward them for their Services abroad , and that , ' till the Caufe of their Country calls them VOL . VIII . C again ...
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Página 271 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Página 104 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Página 48 - ... In the second place, he is Omniscient as well as Omnipresent. His Omniscience indeed necessarily and naturally flows from his Omnipresence ; he cannot but be conscious of every motion that arises in the whole material world, which he thus essentially pervades...
Página 49 - ... regard every thing that has being, especially such of his creatures who fear they are not regarded by him. He is privy to all their thoughts, and to that anxiety of heart in particular, which is apt to trouble them on this occasion ; for, as it is impossible he should overlook any of his creatures, so we may be confident...
Página 269 - Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into...
Página 22 - I saw multitudes of old women throw down their wrinkles, and several young ones who stripped themselves of a tawny skin.
Página 22 - I took my stand in the centre of it, and saw with a great deal of pleasure the whole human species marching one after another, and throwing down their several loads, which immediately grew up into a prodigious mountain, that seemed to rise above the clouds.
Página 297 - Creator, and with slow and painful steps creep up and down on the surface of this globe, shall ere long shoot away with the swiftness of imagination, trace out the hidden springs of nature's operations, be able to keep pace with the heavenly bodies in the rapidity of their career, be a spectator of the long chain of events in the natural and moral worlds...
Página 83 - Would not he think that we are a species of beings made for quite different ends and purposes than what we really are ? Must not he imagine that we were placed in this world to get riches and honours ? Would...
Página 26 - I stuck my cane in the ground, and told him I would lay him a bottle of wine that he did not march up to it on a line that I drew for him in a quarter of an hour.