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Pagina 5
... half a dozen of my select friends that know me ; of whom my next paper shall give a more particular account . There is no place of general resort , wherein I do not often make my appearance ; some- times I am seen thrusting my head into ...
... half a dozen of my select friends that know me ; of whom my next paper shall give a more particular account . There is no place of general resort , wherein I do not often make my appearance ; some- times I am seen thrusting my head into ...
Pagina 10
... half ; and though , his temper being naturally jovial , he at last got over it , he grew careless of himself , and never dressed afterwards . He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the same cut that were in fashion at the time of ...
... half ; and though , his temper being naturally jovial , he at last got over it , he grew careless of himself , and never dressed afterwards . He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the same cut that were in fashion at the time of ...
Pagina 15
... half a dozen of the most hideous phantoms that I had ever seen ( even in a dream ) before that time . They came in two by two , though matched in the most dissociable manner , and mingled together in a kind of dance . It would be ...
... half a dozen of the most hideous phantoms that I had ever seen ( even in a dream ) before that time . They came in two by two , though matched in the most dissociable manner , and mingled together in a kind of dance . It would be ...
Pagina 23
... half the women in the company would have fallen sick that very night . An old maid , that is troubled with the vapours , pro- duces infinite disturbances of this kind among her friends and neighbours . I know a maiden aunt of a great ...
... half the women in the company would have fallen sick that very night . An old maid , that is troubled with the vapours , pro- duces infinite disturbances of this kind among her friends and neighbours . I know a maiden aunt of a great ...
Pagina 26
... half a dozen female quakers , who seemed willing to adopt me for a brother ; but , upon a nearer examination , I found they were a sisterhood of coquettes disguised in that precise habit . I was soon after taken out to dance , and , as ...
... half a dozen female quakers , who seemed willing to adopt me for a brother ; but , upon a nearer examination , I found they were a sisterhood of coquettes disguised in that precise habit . I was soon after taken out to dance , and , as ...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Spectator [no. 162-483 Joseph Addison Volledige weergave - 1865 |
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Pagina 105 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel, Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous, and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls?
Pagina 69 - I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Pagina 39 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Pagina 373 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Pagina 8 - It is said, he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him.
Pagina 324 - Examine now, said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide.
Pagina 327 - 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 323 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Pagina 6 - I never espoused any party with violence, and am resolved to observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories, unless I shall be forced to declare myself by the hostilities of either side. In short, I have acted in all the parts of my life as a looker-on, which is the character I intend to preserve in this paper.
Pagina 334 - Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.