 ... 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
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885
...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... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1902 - 408 pagina’s
...find my mind disposed to 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 ray own part, though I am always serious, I do not know what it is to be melancholy ; and can therefore... | |
 | Leslie Cope Cornford - 1903 - 384 pagina’s
...Blenheim, or in the Bosom of the Ocean. . . . 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... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1905 - 496 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1905 - 420 pagina’s
...disposed for so serious an amusement. I know that entertainments of this nature are apt to raise dark 25 and dismal thoughts in timorous minds, and gloomy...pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the Parents themselves, I consider the vanity of... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1905 - 418 pagina’s
...disposed for so serious an amusement. I know that entertainments of this nature are apt to raise dark 25 and dismal thoughts in timorous minds, and gloomy...for my own part, though I am always serious, I do I not know what it is to be melancholy ; and can therefore take a view of Nature in her deep and solemn... | |
 | Frederick Henry Sykes - 1905 - 328 pagina’s
...common element of meaning, we must use the word that suggests the exact shade of meaning we require. Though I am always serious, I do not know what it is to be melancholy. One may be in haste, one should not be in a hurry. EXERCISE. — I. Write sentences bringing out the... | |
 | 1906 - 578 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 - 1906 - 410 pagina’s
...timorous minds, and gloomy imaginations ; but for my own part, though 20 1 am always serious, 1 do not know what it is to be melancholy ; and can therefore...pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve myself with those 25 objects, which others consider with terror. When I look... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1906 - 414 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,...gloomy imaginations ; but for my own part, though 20 I am always serious, I do not know what it is to be melancholy ; and can therefore take a view of... | |
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