The Spectator ...Angier March, 1803 |
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Σελίδα 5
... cause , he turns to the female part of his audience ; And as for you , ' says he , ' I shall advise you in very few words . Aspire only to those virtues · complishment of the ends mentioned in the above verses of 81 . 5 SPECTATOR .
... cause , he turns to the female part of his audience ; And as for you , ' says he , ' I shall advise you in very few words . Aspire only to those virtues · complishment of the ends mentioned in the above verses of 81 . 5 SPECTATOR .
Σελίδα 27
... virtue , when it is lodged in a body that seems to have been prepared for the reception of vice ; in many such cases the soul and the body do not seem to be fellows . Socrates was an extraordinary instance of this nature . There chanced ...
... virtue , when it is lodged in a body that seems to have been prepared for the reception of vice ; in many such cases the soul and the body do not seem to be fellows . Socrates was an extraordinary instance of this nature . There chanced ...
Σελίδα 43
... virtue , and the conscience of her worth , That would be woo'd , and not unsought be won , Not obvious , not obtrusive , but retir'd The more desirable , or to say all , Nature herself , though pure of sinful thought , Wrought in her so ...
... virtue , and the conscience of her worth , That would be woo'd , and not unsought be won , Not obvious , not obtrusive , but retir'd The more desirable , or to say all , Nature herself , though pure of sinful thought , Wrought in her so ...
Σελίδα 51
... virtue and desire , Till the poor vanquish'd maid dissolves away In dreams all night , in sighs and tears all day ' . 1 Lord Rochester's Imitation of Horace , Lib . 1. Sat. x . When Crastin had uttered these verses with a ten- derness ...
... virtue and desire , Till the poor vanquish'd maid dissolves away In dreams all night , in sighs and tears all day ' . 1 Lord Rochester's Imitation of Horace , Lib . 1. Sat. x . When Crastin had uttered these verses with a ten- derness ...
Σελίδα 56
... Virtues of Camphire , with Direc- tions to make Camphire Tea . The Pleasure of a Country Life . The Government of the Tongue . A letter dated from Cheapside desires me that I would advise all young wives to make themselves mistresses of ...
... Virtues of Camphire , with Direc- tions to make Camphire Tea . The Pleasure of a Country Life . The Government of the Tongue . A letter dated from Cheapside desires me that I would advise all young wives to make themselves mistresses of ...
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Σελίδα 144 - ... subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being. Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week, not only as it refreshes in their minds the notions of religion, but as it puts both the sexes upon appearing in their most agreeable forms, and exerting all such qualities as are apt to give them a figure in the eye of the village.
Σελίδα 368 - Examine now, said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide.
Σελίδα 369 - ... them into the tide and immediately disappeared. These hidden pitfalls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Σελίδα 367 - I had ever heard : they put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Σελίδα 119 - Roger, and has lived at his house in the nature of a chaplain above thirty years. This gentleman is a person of good sense and some learning, of a very regular life and obliging conversation: he heartily loves Sir Roger, and knows that he is very much in the old knight's esteem, so that he lives in the family rather as a relation than a dependant.
Σελίδα 371 - I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them except through the gates...
Σελίδα 164 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Σελίδα 366 - I was at Grand Cairo I picked up several oriental manuscripts, which I have still by me. Among others I met with one entitled, " The Visions of Mirzah," which I have read over with great pleasure.
Σελίδα 193 - A MAN'S first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next, to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself, seconded by the applauses of the public.
Σελίδα 127 - ... of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the country, and is very famous for finding out a hare. He is extremely well versed in all the little handicrafts of an idle man. He makes a May-fly to a miracle ; and furnishes the whole country with angle-rods.