The Spectator, Volumen8Tonson, 1739 |
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... , as the Eafinefs of your Favourite Waller hath made infipid Poets . At prefent You are content to aim all your Charms at your own Spouse , without further Thought of of Mischief to any others of the Sex . I The Dedication .
... , as the Eafinefs of your Favourite Waller hath made infipid Poets . At prefent You are content to aim all your Charms at your own Spouse , without further Thought of of Mischief to any others of the Sex . I The Dedication .
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... Thought of Socrates , that if all the Misfortunes of Mankind were caft into a pub- lick Stock , in order to be equally distributed among the whole Species , thofe who now think themselves the most unhappy , would prefer the Share they ...
... Thought of Socrates , that if all the Misfortunes of Mankind were caft into a pub- lick Stock , in order to be equally distributed among the whole Species , thofe who now think themselves the most unhappy , would prefer the Share they ...
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... thought Pleasures and Bleffings of Life ; and wonder'd how the Owners of them ever came to look upon them as Burdens and Grievances . AS we were regarding very attentively this Confu- fion of Miferies , this Chaos of Calamity , Jupiter ...
... thought Pleasures and Bleffings of Life ; and wonder'd how the Owners of them ever came to look upon them as Burdens and Grievances . AS we were regarding very attentively this Confu- fion of Miferies , this Chaos of Calamity , Jupiter ...
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... thought very remarkable , the whole Heap funk to fuch a Degree , that it did not appear a third part fo big as it was before . She afterwards returned every Man his own proper Calamity , and teaching him how to bear it in the most ...
... thought very remarkable , the whole Heap funk to fuch a Degree , that it did not appear a third part fo big as it was before . She afterwards returned every Man his own proper Calamity , and teaching him how to bear it in the most ...
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... Thoughts of fol- lowing your Example , that I may be a Fortune - teller properly fpeaking . I am grown weary of my Taci- turnity , and having ferved my Country many Years under the Title of the dumb Doctor , I fhall now prophefy by Word ...
... Thoughts of fol- lowing your Example , that I may be a Fortune - teller properly fpeaking . I am grown weary of my Taci- turnity , and having ferved my Country many Years under the Title of the dumb Doctor , I fhall now prophefy by Word ...
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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.