The Spectator, Volume 2J. and R. Tonson, 1739 - 313 pagina's |
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Pagina 15
... Reader , rather as the firft Sketch and Outlines of a Vision , than as a finished Piece . .. I dreamt that I was admitted into a long fpacious Gal- lery , which had one Side covered with Pieces of all the famous Painters who are now ...
... Reader , rather as the firft Sketch and Outlines of a Vision , than as a finished Piece . .. I dreamt that I was admitted into a long fpacious Gal- lery , which had one Side covered with Pieces of all the famous Painters who are now ...
Pagina 22
... Reader will think I am not ferious , when I acquaint him that the Piece I am going to fpeak of was the old Ballad of the Two Children in the Wood , which is one of the darling Songs of the common People , and has been the Delight of ...
... Reader will think I am not ferious , when I acquaint him that the Piece I am going to fpeak of was the old Ballad of the Two Children in the Wood , which is one of the darling Songs of the common People , and has been the Delight of ...
Pagina 24
... Reader to Moliere's Thoughts on this Subject , as he has expreffed them in the Charac- ter of the Mifanthrope ; but thofe only who are endow- ed with a true Greatnefs of Soul and Genius can diveft themselves of the little Images of ...
... Reader to Moliere's Thoughts on this Subject , as he has expreffed them in the Charac- ter of the Mifanthrope ; but thofe only who are endow- ed with a true Greatnefs of Soul and Genius can diveft themselves of the little Images of ...
Pagina 37
... Readers . FIRST of all I would have them seriously think on the Shortness of their Time . Life is not long enough for a Coquette to play all her Tricks in . A timorous Wo- man drops into her Grave before fhe has done deliberat- ing ...
... Readers . FIRST of all I would have them seriously think on the Shortness of their Time . Life is not long enough for a Coquette to play all her Tricks in . A timorous Wo- man drops into her Grave before fhe has done deliberat- ing ...
Pagina 41
... Readers ) I shall translate a Story that has been quo- ted upon another Occafion by one of the moft learned Men of the prefent Age , as I find it in the Original . The Reader will fee it is not foreign to my prefent Subject , and I dare ...
... Readers ) I shall translate a Story that has been quo- ted upon another Occafion by one of the moft learned Men of the prefent Age , as I find it in the Original . The Reader will fee it is not foreign to my prefent Subject , and I dare ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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Pagina 154 - Upon this my friend with his usual cheerfulness related the particulars above-mentioned, and ordered the head to be brought into the room. I could not forbear discovering greater expressions of mirth than ordinary upon the appearance of this...
Pagina 285 - I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him, he applied it. to his lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was...
Pagina 102 - ... himself. He now and then presents a pair of garters of his own knitting to their mothers or sisters ; and raises a great deal of mirth among them, by inquiring as often as he meets them
Pagina 87 - Now the best way in the world for a man to seem to be any thing is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it...
Pagina 116 - Sunday in the dignity of his order, and insinuates to them in almost every sermon that he is a better man than his patron. In short, matters are come to such an extremity, that the squire has not said his prayers either in public or private this half year; and that the parson threatens him, if he does not mend his manners, to pray for him in the face of the whole congregation.
Pagina 286 - I see multitudes of people passing over it," said I, " and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.' As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and, upon...
Pagina 287 - ... on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. 'The Genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. Take thine eyes off the bridge...
Pagina 286 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Pagina 95 - ... as the knight is the best master in the world, he seldom changes his servants; and as he is beloved by all about him, his servants never care for leaving him : by this means his domestics are all in years, and grown old with their master.
Pagina 286 - What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other? What thou seest...