The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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Pagina 4
... beautiful lines : 6 Long she flourish'd , Grew sweet to sense , and lovely to the eye : Till at the last a cruel spoiler came , Cropt this fair rose , and rifled all its sweetness , Then cast it like a loathsome weed away . ' On the ...
... beautiful lines : 6 Long she flourish'd , Grew sweet to sense , and lovely to the eye : Till at the last a cruel spoiler came , Cropt this fair rose , and rifled all its sweetness , Then cast it like a loathsome weed away . ' On the ...
Pagina 24
... beautiful woman set off to advantage . The like , or a more delicate and careful spirit of modesty , ap- pears in the following passage in one of Mr. Philips's pastorals : * Dryden's All for Love , act iii . Breathe soft ye winds , ye ...
... beautiful woman set off to advantage . The like , or a more delicate and careful spirit of modesty , ap- pears in the following passage in one of Mr. Philips's pastorals : * Dryden's All for Love , act iii . Breathe soft ye winds , ye ...
Pagina 47
... beautiful in themselves , and so proper for the airs of music , I cannot but wonder that persons of dis- tinction should give so little attention and encourage- ment to that kind of music , which would have its foundation in reason ...
... beautiful in themselves , and so proper for the airs of music , I cannot but wonder that persons of dis- tinction should give so little attention and encourage- ment to that kind of music , which would have its foundation in reason ...
Pagina 72
... beautiful than any that can be found in the whole compass of nature . There are few words in the English language which are employed in a more loose and uncircumscribed sense than those of the fancy and the imagination . I therefore ...
... beautiful than any that can be found in the whole compass of nature . There are few words in the English language which are employed in a more loose and uncircumscribed sense than those of the fancy and the imagination . I therefore ...
Pagina 73
... beautiful prospect delights the soul , as much as a demonstration ; and a description in Homer has charmed more readers than a chapter in Aristotle . Besides , the pleasures of the imagination have this advantage above those of the ...
... beautiful prospect delights the soul , as much as a demonstration ; and a description in Homer has charmed more readers than a chapter in Aristotle . Besides , the pleasures of the imagination have this advantage above those of the ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 330 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Pagina 366 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Pagina 214 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Pagina 323 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Pagina 142 - Softly on my eyelids laid ; And, as I wake, sweet music breathe Above, about, or underneath, Sent by some spirit to mortals good, Or the unseen Genius of the wood.
Pagina 367 - To daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power of others, never in my own; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! O first created beam, and thou great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved Thy prime decree?
Pagina 74 - He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession. It gives him indeed a kind of property in every thing he sees, and makes the most rude uncultivated parts of nature administer to his pleasures: so that he looks upon the world, as it were, in another light, and discovers in it a multitude of charms, that...
Pagina 270 - When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Pagina 366 - And feel thy sovran vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Pagina 318 - Battles and realms : in these he put two weights, The sequel each of parting and of fight: The latter quick up flew, and...