 ... 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, Kenneth Deighton - 1901 - 220 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 378 pagina’s
...undistinguished in the same promiscuous heap of matter, " I know that entertainments of this nature are apt to raise dark and dismal thoughts in timorous minds and...deep and solemn scenes, with the same pleasure as in hep most gay and delightful onesi By this means I can improve myself with those objects which others... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 370 pagina’s
...undistinguished in the same promiscuous heap of matter. " I know that entertainments of this nature are apt to raise dark and dismal thoughts in timorous minds and...serious, I do not know what it is to be melancholy, and caa therefore take a view of Nature in her deep and solemn scenes, with the same pleasure as in her... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 416 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 gloomy imaginations ; but for niv own part, though I am always serious, I do not know what it is to be melancholy ; and can therefore... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 412 pagina’s
...my mind Disposed for so serious an amusement. I know *hat entertainments of this nature are apt to raise dark and dismal thoughts in timorous minds,...gloomy imaginations ; but for my own part, though 1 am always serious, I do not know what it is to he melancholy ; and can therefore take a view of nature,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 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,...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 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,...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 1 look... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 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...gloomy imaginations ; but for my own part, though I am alwats serious, I do not know what it is to be melancholy ; and can therefore take a view of nature... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 pagina’s
...beautiful festoons of seaweed, shells and coral. 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 objects which others consider with terror. When I look upon the... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 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... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 372 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,...therefore take a view of nature in her deep and solemn scenei, with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means T can improve... | |
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