The Spectator in miniature: being a collection of the principle essays, compressed into 2 vols. by F. Prevost and F.W. Blagdon, Volume 11808 |
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Pagina 47
... Heaven itself that points out an hereafter , And intimates eternity to man . Eternity ! thou pleasing , dreadful thought ! " Through what variety of untry'd being , Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ! The wide , th ...
... Heaven itself that points out an hereafter , And intimates eternity to man . Eternity ! thou pleasing , dreadful thought ! " Through what variety of untry'd being , Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ! The wide , th ...
Pagina 79
... Heavens ; and , when with a great deal of time and pains he hath laboured a little way up the steep ascent of truth , and beholds with pity the groveling multitude beneath , in a moment his foot slides , and he tumbles down headlong ...
... Heavens ; and , when with a great deal of time and pains he hath laboured a little way up the steep ascent of truth , and beholds with pity the groveling multitude beneath , in a moment his foot slides , and he tumbles down headlong ...
Pagina 80
... Heaven , and , scorning the blandishments of sense and the sordid bribery of the world , aspired to a celestial abode , shall stand pos- sessed of their utmost wish , the vision of the Creator ? Here the mind heaves a thought now and ...
... Heaven , and , scorning the blandishments of sense and the sordid bribery of the world , aspired to a celestial abode , shall stand pos- sessed of their utmost wish , the vision of the Creator ? Here the mind heaves a thought now and ...
Pagina 88
... heaven . " The poet rung the changes upon these eight several words , and by that means made his verses almost as numerous as the virtues and the stars which they cele brated . It is no wonder that men who had so much time upon their ...
... heaven . " The poet rung the changes upon these eight several words , and by that means made his verses almost as numerous as the virtues and the stars which they cele brated . It is no wonder that men who had so much time upon their ...
Pagina 113
... heavens , in the earth , and in the sea . The structure of it was con- trived in so admirable a manner , that it echoed every word which was spoken in the whole compass of na- ture ; so that the palace , says the poet , was always ...
... heavens , in the earth , and in the sea . The structure of it was con- trived in so admirable a manner , that it echoed every word which was spoken in the whole compass of na- ture ; so that the palace , says the poet , was always ...
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Acrostics ADDISON admired affect agreeable anagram animals appear Aristotle atheist Avarice beautiful behaviour behold Blanche of Castile body called character Cicero consider conversation creatures death delight divine dreams dress DRYDEN endeavour Eucrate excellent fancy favour Fidelio fortune genius gentleman George Etheridge give glory greatest habit hand happy heard heart Heaven Hesiod honour human humour ideas imagination infinite JOSEPH ADDISON kind king lady Lætitia laugh live look Lord mankind manner ment mind nature neral never nurse observe occasion opinion Ovid particular passion perfection person Pharamond Pict Pindar pleased pleasure poet praise present prince racter reader reason religion ROSCOMMON scenes sense sight sion Sir Richard Baker soul speak Spectator Tatler tell temper thing thou thought tion told Trophonius turn VIRG Virgil virtue Whig whilst whole woman wonderful words writings young
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Pagina 42 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Pagina 40 - There is not, in my opinion, a more pleasing and triumphant consideration in religion than this, of the perpetual progress which the soul makes towards the perfection of its nature, without ever arriving at a period in it.
Pagina 96 - ... notwithstanding any anxieties which he pretends for his mistress, his country, or his friends, one may see by his action, that his greatest care and concern is to keep the plume of feathers from falling off his head.
Pagina 118 - When I lay me down to sleep, I recommend myself to his care; when I awake, I give myself up to his direction. Amidst all the evils that threaten me, I will look up to him for help, and question not but he will either avert them, or turn them to my advantage. Though I know neither the time nor the manner of the death I am to die, I am not at all solicitous about it; because I am sure that he knows them both, and that he will not fail to comfort and support me under them.
Pagina 176 - I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Pagina 261 - WAS yesterday, about sun-set, walking in the open fields, till the night insensibly fell upon me. I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of colours which appeared in the western parts of heaven ; in proportion as they faded away and went out, several stars and planets appeared one after another, till the whole firmament was in a glow.
Pagina 42 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man...
Pagina 186 - The single dress of a woman of quality is often the product of an hundred climates. The muff and the fan come together from the different ends of the earth. The scarf is sent from the torrid zone, and the tippet from beneath the pole. The brocade petticoat, rises out of the mines of Peru, and the diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan.
Pagina 180 - I could discover nothing in it: but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.
Pagina 186 - Our ships are laden with the harvest of every climate : our tables are stored with spices, and oils, and wines; our rooms are filled with pyramids of China, and adorned with the workmanship of Japan : our morning's draught comes to us from the remotest corners of the earth; we repair our bodies by the drugs of America, and repose ourselves under Indian canopies.