The Spectator: ...Phil. Crampton, 1737 |
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... Diverfion , and ge- neral Complacency of Manners , are far from being the greatest O- bligations we have to you . I do affure you there is not one of A 4 your your Friends has a greater Sense of your Merit in The Dedication .
... Diverfion , and ge- neral Complacency of Manners , are far from being the greatest O- bligations we have to you . I do affure you there is not one of A 4 your your Friends has a greater Sense of your Merit in The Dedication .
Pagina 8
... greatest Fortunes about Town . I ftar'd him full in the Face upon fo ftrange a Question ; up- on which he immediately gave me an Inventory of her Jewels and Eftate , adding that he was refolved to do no- thing in a matter of fuch ...
... greatest Fortunes about Town . I ftar'd him full in the Face upon fo ftrange a Question ; up- on which he immediately gave me an Inventory of her Jewels and Eftate , adding that he was refolved to do no- thing in a matter of fuch ...
Pagina 10
... greatest Confufion and Disorder . When I read a methodical Dif- course , I am in a regular Plantation , and can place my felf in its several Centres , fo as to take a View of all the Lines and Walks that are ftruck from them . You may ...
... greatest Confufion and Disorder . When I read a methodical Dif- course , I am in a regular Plantation , and can place my felf in its several Centres , fo as to take a View of all the Lines and Walks that are ftruck from them . You may ...
Pagina 11
... greatest Beauty , as the feveral Figures in a Piece of Painting receive new Grace from their Dif- pofition in the Picture . The Advantages of a Reader from a methodical Difcourfe , are correfpondent with thofe of the Writer . He ...
... greatest Beauty , as the feveral Figures in a Piece of Painting receive new Grace from their Dif- pofition in the Picture . The Advantages of a Reader from a methodical Difcourfe , are correfpondent with thofe of the Writer . He ...
Pagina 13
... greatest Beauties of the Place . The only Method I obferve in this Particular , is to range in the fame Quarter the Pro- ducts of the fame Season , that they may make their Ap- pearance together , and compofe a Picture of the greatest ...
... greatest Beauties of the Place . The only Method I obferve in this Particular , is to range in the fame Quarter the Pro- ducts of the fame Season , that they may make their Ap- pearance together , and compofe a Picture of the greatest ...
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Pagina 159 - 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. It would have gone to your heart to have heard the moans the dumb creature made on the day of my master's death. He has never joyed himself since; no more has any of us.
Pagina 75 - 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...
Pagina 13 - I am so far from being fond of any particular 'one, by reason of its rarity, that if I meet with any one in a field which pleases me, I give it a place in my garden.
Pagina 55 - They mount up to the heaven, They go down again to the depths : Their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits
Pagina 14 - ... with its several little plantations, lying so conveniently under the eye of the beholder, on the other side of it there appears a seeming mount, made up of trees rising one higher than another, in proportion as they approach the centre.
Pagina 164 - Infinite goodness is of so communicative a nature, that it seems to delight in the conferring of existence upon every degree of perceptive being. As this is a speculation which I have often pursued with great pleasure to myself, I shall enlarge farther upon it, by considering that part of the scale of beings which comes within our knowledge.
Pagina 164 - ... for the livelihood of multitudes which inhabit it. The author* of the Plurality of worlds...
Pagina 159 - Andrew opening the book, found it to be a collection of Acts of Parliament. There was in particular the Act of Uniformity, with some passages in it marked by Sir Roger's own hand. Sir Andrew found that they related to two or three points, which he had disputed with Sir Roger the last time he appeared at the Club. Sir Andrew, who would have been merry at such an incident on another occasion, at the sight of...
Pagina 13 - There is the same irregularity in my plantations, which run into as great a wilderness as their natures will permit. I take in none that do not naturally rejoice in the soil, and am pleased when I am walking in a labyrinth of my own raising, not to know whether the next tree I shall meet with is an apple or an oak, an elm or a pear-tree.
Pagina 158 - Master's Service, he has left us Pensions and Legacies, which we may live very comfortably upon, the remaining Part of our Days. He has bequeathed a great Deal more in Charity, which is not yet come to my Knowledge, and it is peremptorily said in the Parish...