 ... 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.  Selections from the Spectator - Pagina 21door Joseph Addison - 1892 - 220 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 882 pagina’s
...with how different a voice, says, in his famous paper on Westminster Abbey (Spectator, No. 26) : — ' For my own part, though I am always serious, I do...same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me ; when I read the epitaphs... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 pagina’s
...divert any such vote in the house. LORD CLARENDON 247. REFLECTION ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. Though I am .always serious, I do not know what it...pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve myself with those objects which others consider with terror. When I look upon... | |
 | Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 pagina’s
...my mind disposed for so serious 5an amusement. I know that entertainments of this nature are apt to raise dark and dismal thoughts in timorous minds and...pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve myself with those objects which others consider with terror. When I look upon... | |
 | Sir Henry Cole - 1867 - 154 pagina’s
...my mind disposed for so serious an amusement. I know that entertainments of this nature are apt to raise dark and dismal thoughts in timorous minds,...same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. Sly this msans I can improve myself with those objects which others consider with terror. When I look... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - 334 pagina’s
...with how different a voice, says, in his famous paper on Westminster Abbey ("Spectator," No. 26:) — "For my own part, though I am always serious, I do...same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me; when I read the epitaphs... | |
 | Class-book - 1869 - 344 pagina’s
...my mind disposed for so serious an amusement. I know that entertainments of this nature are apt to raise dark and dismal thoughts in timorous minds and...pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve myself with those objects which others consider with terror. When I look upon... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 pagina’s
...with how different a voice, says, in his famous paper on Westminster Abbey (Spectator, No. 26) : — " For my own part, though I am always serious, I do...pleasure as in . her most gay and delightful ones. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me ; when I read the epitaphs... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 554 pagina’s
...with how different a voice, says, in his famous paper on Westminster Abbey (Spectator, No. 26) : — " For my own part, though I am always serious, I do...melancholy, and can therefore take a view of Nature in her "To LADY STEELE. " March 26, 1717. " MY DEAREST PRUE, — I have received yours, wherein you give me... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1891 - 498 pagina’s
...with how different a voice, says, in his famous paper on Westminster Abbey (Spectator, No. 26 ): — " For my own part, though I am always serious, I do...same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me ; when I read the epitaphs... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 364 pagina’s
...my mind disposed for so serious an amusement. I know that entertainments of this nature are apt to raise dark and dismal thoughts in timorous minds and...pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve myself with those objects which others consider with terror. When I look upon... | |
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