The Spectator, Volume 8J. Nunn, 1816 |
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Pagina 48
... greater monster than any that is to be found among all the creatures which God has made ; as indeed there is no character which appears more despicable and deformed , in the eyes of all reason- able persons , than that of a drunkard ...
... greater monster than any that is to be found among all the creatures which God has made ; as indeed there is no character which appears more despicable and deformed , in the eyes of all reason- able persons , than that of a drunkard ...
Pagina 51
... greater compass of sound ; and I perceived was as well pleased with the invention as Sappho could have been upon adding two strings to the lute . To be short , I found that his whole kitchen was furnished with musical instruments ; and ...
... greater compass of sound ; and I perceived was as well pleased with the invention as Sappho could have been upon adding two strings to the lute . To be short , I found that his whole kitchen was furnished with musical instruments ; and ...
Pagina 59
... greater share in it than Virgil's lapis in the curing of Æneas ; he tried his skill , was very assiduous about the wound , and indeed was the only visible means that relieved the hero ; but the poet assures us it was the particular ...
... greater share in it than Virgil's lapis in the curing of Æneas ; he tried his skill , was very assiduous about the wound , and indeed was the only visible means that relieved the hero ; but the poet assures us it was the particular ...
Pagina 67
... greater difficulties . All the real pleasures and conveniencies of life lie in a narrow compass ; but it is the humour of mankind to be always looking forward , and straining after one who has got the start of them in wealth and honour ...
... greater difficulties . All the real pleasures and conveniencies of life lie in a narrow compass ; but it is the humour of mankind to be always looking forward , and straining after one who has got the start of them in wealth and honour ...
Pagina 68
... greater misfortunes which might have befallen him . I like the story of the honest Dutchman , who , upon breaking his leg by a fall from the mainmast , told the standers - by , it was a great mercy that it was not his neck . To which ...
... greater misfortunes which might have befallen him . I like the story of the honest Dutchman , who , upon breaking his leg by a fall from the mainmast , told the standers - by , it was a great mercy that it was not his neck . To which ...
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