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Pagina 62
This infamous piece of good - breeding , which reigns among the coxcombs of the town , has not yet made its way into the country ; and as it is impossible for such an irrational way of conversation to last long among a people that makes ...
This infamous piece of good - breeding , which reigns among the coxcombs of the town , has not yet made its way into the country ; and as it is impossible for such an irrational way of conversation to last long among a people that makes ...
Pagina 68
I do not know a finer piece of satire on this part of womankind , than those lines of Mr. Dryden , Our thoughtless sex is caught by outward form And empty noise , and loves itself in man . This is a source of infinite calamities to the ...
I do not know a finer piece of satire on this part of womankind , than those lines of Mr. Dryden , Our thoughtless sex is caught by outward form And empty noise , and loves itself in man . This is a source of infinite calamities to the ...
Pagina 71
If a stray piece of linen hangs upon an hedge ( says Sir Roger ) , they are sure to have it ; if a hog loses his 10 way in the fields , it is ten to one but he becomes their prey : our geese cannot live in peace for them .
If a stray piece of linen hangs upon an hedge ( says Sir Roger ) , they are sure to have it ; if a hog loses his 10 way in the fields , it is ten to one but he becomes their prey : our geese cannot live in peace for them .
Pagina 84
He is never seen to smile ; but upon hearing anything that pleases him , he takes up his staff with both 10 hands , and lays it upon the next piece of timber that stands in his way with exceeding vehemence : after which he composes ...
He is never seen to smile ; but upon hearing anything that pleases him , he takes up his staff with both 10 hands , and lays it upon the next piece of timber that stands in his way with exceeding vehemence : after which he composes ...
Pagina 95
We observed a large antrum or cavity in the sinciput , that was filled with ribbons , lace , and embroidery , wrought together in a most curious piece of network , the parts of which were likewise imperceptible to the naked eye .
We observed a large antrum or cavity in the sinciput , that was filled with ribbons , lace , and embroidery , wrought together in a most curious piece of network , the parts of which were likewise imperceptible to the naked eye .
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Pagina 78 - Mirza, habitations worth contending for ? Does life appear miserable, that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared, that will convey thee to so happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain, who has such an Eternity reserved for him.
Pagina 78 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Pagina 77 - Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity ; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it.
Pagina 76 - Bridge, said I, standing in the Midst of the Tide. The Bridge thou seest, said he, is human Life, consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely Survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire Arches, with several broken Arches, which added to those that were entire, made up the Number about an hundred.
Pagina 74 - I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand.
Pagina 21 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Pagina 21 - ... though I am always serious, I do not know what it is to be melancholy; and can therefore take , a view of nature, in her deep and solemn scenes, with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones.
Pagina 8 - He was some years a captain, and behaved himself with great gallantry in several engagements and at several sieges; but having a small estate of his own, and being next heir to Sir Roger, he has quitted a way of life in which no man can rise suitably to his merit, who is not something of a courtier as well as a soldier.
Pagina 7 - His notions of trade are noble and generous, and (as every rich man has usually some sly way of jesting which would make no great figure were he not a rich man) he calls the sea the British Common. He is acquainted with commerce in all its parts, and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms, for true power is to be got by arts and industry. He will often argue, that if this part of our trade were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation, — and if another,...
Pagina 55 - Greek at his own table ; for which reason he desired a particular friend of his at the university to find him out a clergyman rather of plain sense than much learning, of a good aspect, a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon.
Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Selections from the Spectator Macmillan's English classics |
| Auteur | Joseph Addison |
| Redacteur | Kenneth Deighton |
| Bijdrager | Kenneth Deighton |
| Uitgever | Macmillan, 1892 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Harvard University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 1 april 2008 |
| Lengte | 220 pagina's |
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