Selections from the SpectatorMacmillan and Company, 1892 - 220 pagina's |
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Pagina viii
... brought him to the laureate's notice . By him , as it is supposed , the young poet was made known to Congreve , who in his turn , as stated by Steele , introduced him to Montague , then Chancellor of the Exchequer . Montague , himself a ...
... brought him to the laureate's notice . By him , as it is supposed , the young poet was made known to Congreve , who in his turn , as stated by Steele , introduced him to Montague , then Chancellor of the Exchequer . Montague , himself a ...
Pagina ix
... brought out an opera entitled Rosamond , which seems to have failed owing to its being poorly set to music . In 1708 Addison's connection with politics became more definite . He was elected to the House of Commons , first for the ...
... brought out an opera entitled Rosamond , which seems to have failed owing to its being poorly set to music . In 1708 Addison's connection with politics became more definite . He was elected to the House of Commons , first for the ...
Pagina x
... brought him in between three and four hundred a year . He had , however , enough to live on with comfort , and probably no part of his life was happier than that in which he created and sustained the Spectator . In 1713 he produced his ...
... brought him in between three and four hundred a year . He had , however , enough to live on with comfort , and probably no part of his life was happier than that in which he created and sustained the Spectator . In 1713 he produced his ...
Pagina xiii
... brought out three months after the Tatler's disappearance , followed closely its later shape . The plan of The Spectator is undoubtedly Addi- son's , and the portrait of its guiding spirit drawn by him in the first Number is in a ...
... brought out three months after the Tatler's disappearance , followed closely its later shape . The plan of The Spectator is undoubtedly Addi- son's , and the portrait of its guiding spirit drawn by him in the first Number is in a ...
Pagina xvi
... brought Philosophy out of closets and libraries , schools and colleges , to dwell in clubs and assemblies , at tea - tables and coffee - houses , " his belief that it was better " to amuse ourselves with such writings as tend to the ...
... brought Philosophy out of closets and libraries , schools and colleges , to dwell in clubs and assemblies , at tea - tables and coffee - houses , " his belief that it was better " to amuse ourselves with such writings as tend to the ...
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Abbey acquainted Addison afterwards agreeable appeared Aristotle battle of Almanza beautiful behaviour body called Captain Sentry cat-call club coquette cried Dict dissection dreams dress English extravagant fancy fashion fellow figure friend Sir Roger gentleman give hand Harpath head heart Hilpa honour Humorous Lieutenant humour infirmary insomuch kind kings knight ladies letter literally live London look lourche manner marriage matter MICHAEL MACMILLAN mind nature never oaken plants observed occasion originally paper particular party passed patches person piece play poets present Presidency College Pyrrhus reason Roger de Coverley says sense sewed Shalum Sir Andrew Sir Richard Baker Sir Roger Skeat soul speak Spectator syllogisms tell thee thou thought tion Tirzah told town Trunk-maker turn WESTMINSTER ABBEY Whig whole Wimble woman women wood word Zilpah
Populaire passages
Pagina 76 - 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 - ... 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 76 - 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. further examination, perceived there were innumerable trapdoors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers no sooner trod upon, but they fell through 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...
Pagina 125 - At my nativity my ascendant was the watery sign of Scorpius ; I 20 was born in the planetary hour of Saturn, and I think I have a piece of that leaden planet in me.
Pagina 132 - Knowing that you was my old Master's good Friend, I could not forbear sending you the melancholy News of his Death, which has afflicted the whole Country, as well as his poor Servants, who loved him, I may say, better than we did our Lives. I am afraid he caught his Death the last County...
Pagina 53 - I am the more at ease in Sir Roger's family, because it consists of sober and staid persons ; for 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. You would take his valet...
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 75 - I drew near with that Reverence which is due to a superior Nature \ and as my Heart was entirely subdued by the captivating Strains I had heard, I fell down at his Feet and wept The Genius smiled upon me with a Look of Compassion and Affability that familiarized him to my Imagination, and at once dispelled all the Fears and Apprehensions with which I approached him.
Pagina 7 - London; a person of indefatigable industry, strong reason, and great experience. 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.