The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]; with notes, and a general index1811 |
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Pagina 24
... whole aisle has been disturbed by one of these monstrous starers : he is the head taller than any one in the church ; but for the greater advantage of exposing himself , stands upon a hassock , and commands the whole congregation , to ...
... whole aisle has been disturbed by one of these monstrous starers : he is the head taller than any one in the church ; but for the greater advantage of exposing himself , stands upon a hassock , and commands the whole congregation , to ...
Pagina 36
... whole assembly is made up of absent men , that is , of such persons as have lost their locality , and whose minds and bodies never keep company with one another . As I am an unfortunate member of this distracted society , you cannot ...
... whole assembly is made up of absent men , that is , of such persons as have lost their locality , and whose minds and bodies never keep company with one another . As I am an unfortunate member of this distracted society , you cannot ...
Pagina 40
... whole kingdom . My readers too have the satisfaction to find , that there is no rank or degree among them who have not their representative in this club , and that there is always somebody present who will take care of their respective ...
... whole kingdom . My readers too have the satisfaction to find , that there is no rank or degree among them who have not their representative in this club , and that there is always somebody present who will take care of their respective ...
Pagina 53
... whole morn- mer or no there was any truth in his comedy of The Comical Re- in the story of a lady's being got with child by one of these her hand - maids , I cannot tell ; but I think at present the whole race of them is extinct in our ...
... whole morn- mer or no there was any truth in his comedy of The Comical Re- in the story of a lady's being got with child by one of these her hand - maids , I cannot tell ; but I think at present the whole race of them is extinct in our ...
Pagina 54
... whole assembly was out of countenance for her . I must however be so just to own , that there are many ladies who have travelled several thousands of miles without being the worse for it , and have brought home with them all the modesty ...
... whole assembly was out of countenance for her . I must however be so just to own , that there are many ladies who have travelled several thousands of miles without being the worse for it , and have brought home with them all the modesty ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 206 - If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering : If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep...
Pagina 29 - 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, 1 consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
Pagina 206 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: because I deliv-10 ered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Pagina 435 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Pagina 427 - And I looked, and behold, a pale horse : and his name that sat on him was Death, and hell followed with him.
Pagina 181 - I here fetched a deep sigh. Alas, said I, man was made in vain ! how is he given away to misery and mortality ! tortured in life, and swallowed up in death ! The genius being moved with compassion towards me, bade me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. Look no more...
Pagina 355 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven : The roof was fretted gold.
Pagina 181 - There were indeed some persons, but their number was very small, that continued a kind of hobbling march on the broken arches, but fell through one after another, being quite tired and spent with so long a walk.
Pagina 206 - If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; (What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him ? Did not he that made me in the womb make him ? and did not One fashion us in the womb...
Pagina 249 - If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon upon him, I shall make use of the same instance to illustrate the force of education, which Aristotle has brought to explain his doctrine of substantial forms, when he tells us that a statue lies hid in a block of marble ; and that the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish. The figure is in the stone, and the sculptor only finds it.