The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]: with sketches of the lives of the authors, and explantory notes1816 |
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... look satisfied , all the young women profess love to him , and the young men are glad of his company . When he comes into a * Then the most fashionable part of the town . 6 + Dr. Johnson said , it appeared to him , that the story of the ...
... look satisfied , all the young women profess love to him , and the young men are glad of his company . When he comes into a * Then the most fashionable part of the town . 6 + Dr. Johnson said , it appeared to him , that the story of the ...
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... look- ed into the great hall where the bank is kept , and was not a little pleased to see the directors , secretaries , and clerks , with all the other members of that wealthy cor- poration , ranged in their several stations , according ...
... look- ed into the great hall where the bank is kept , and was not a little pleased to see the directors , secretaries , and clerks , with all the other members of that wealthy cor- poration , ranged in their several stations , according ...
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... looks from well - dressed gentlemen and ladies , as a poet would be- stow upon one of his audience . There are so many gra- tifications attend this public sort of obscurity , that some little distastes I daily receive have lost their ...
... looks from well - dressed gentlemen and ladies , as a poet would be- stow upon one of his audience . There are so many gra- tifications attend this public sort of obscurity , that some little distastes I daily receive have lost their ...
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... look the force of lan- guage . ' It was prudence to turn away my eyes from this ob- ject , and therefore I turned them to the thoughtless crea- tures who make up the lump of that sex , and move a knowing eye no more than the ...
... look the force of lan- guage . ' It was prudence to turn away my eyes from this ob- ject , and therefore I turned them to the thoughtless crea- tures who make up the lump of that sex , and move a knowing eye no more than the ...
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... look upon without catching cold , and indeed without much danger of being burnt ; for there are several en- gines filled with water , and ready to play at a minute's In Dryden's comedy of that name . warning , in case any such accident ...
... look upon without catching cold , and indeed without much danger of being burnt ; for there are several en- gines filled with water , and ready to play at a minute's In Dryden's comedy of that name . warning , in case any such accident ...
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acquaint acrostics ADDISON admiration Æneid agreeable anagrams appear APRIL 13 April 26 Aristotle audience beautiful behaviour Ben Johnson called character Cicero club coffee-house conversation discourse dress DRYDEN endeavour English entertainment eyes false favour genius gentleman give hand heard heart hero honour Hudibras humble servant humour Italian JOHN HENLEY kind king lady laugh learned letter likewise lion live look Lord lover mankind manner March 15 means mind nature never night observed occasion opera OVID paper particular passion person Pharamond Pict piece play pleased pleasure poem poet portunity Porus present prince reader reason ROSCOMMON scene sense shew speak Spectator stage STEELE talk taste Tatler tell thing thou thought tion told town tragedy turn verses VIRG Virgil virtue Whigs whole woman women words writing young
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الصفحة 48 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold, Both day and night. How often, from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to others...
الصفحة 38 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven, to inhabit among Men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables and in CoffeeHouses.
الصفحة 235 - For. wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas. and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity. thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy: judgment. on the contrary. lies quite on the other side. in separating carefully one from another ideas wherein can be found the least difference. thereby to avoid being misled by similitude and by affinity to take one thing for another.
الصفحة 5 - THE first of our society is a gentleman of Worcestershire, of an ancient descent, a baronet, his name Sir Roger de Coverley. His great grandfather was inventor of that famous country-dance which is called after him. All who know that shire are very well acquainted with the parts and merits of Sir Roger. He is a gentleman that is very singular in his behaviour, but his singularities proceed from his good sense, and are contradictions to the manners of the world, only as he thinks the world is in the...
الصفحة 266 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet...
الصفحة 267 - ... and dreadful scene of death, occasioned by the mutual feuds which reigned in the families of an English and Scotch nobleman : that he designed this for the instruction of his poem, we may learn from his four last lines, in which, after the example of the modern tragedians, he draws from it a precept for the benefit of his readers. God save the King, and bless the land In plenty, joy, and peace ; And grant henceforth that foul debate 'Twixt noblemen may cease.
الصفحة 165 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel Revisits thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls?
الصفحة 180 - Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me : the brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter*, more than I invent, or is invented on me : I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
الصفحة 10 - To conclude his character, where women are not concerned, he is an honest worthy man. I cannot tell whether I am to account him whom I am next to speak of as one of our company, for he visits us but seldom ; but when he does, it adds to every man else a new enjoyment of himself. He is a clergyman, a very philosophic man, of general learning, great sanctity of life, and the most exact good breeding.
الصفحة 165 - Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!