The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... particular my genius for raillery , I took one of the most cele- brated butts in town along with me . It is with the utmost shame and confusion that I must ac- quaint you with the sequel of my adventure . As soon as we were got into the ...
... particular my genius for raillery , I took one of the most cele- brated butts in town along with me . It is with the utmost shame and confusion that I must ac- quaint you with the sequel of my adventure . As soon as we were got into the ...
الصفحة 32
... particular rules ; when he is in the best hu- mour to receive this , I am answered only : That I expose my own reputation and sense if I appear jealous . I wish , good sir , you would take this into serious consideration , and admonish ...
... particular rules ; when he is in the best hu- mour to receive this , I am answered only : That I expose my own reputation and sense if I appear jealous . I wish , good sir , you would take this into serious consideration , and admonish ...
الصفحة 34
... particular taste of either . As they neither of them know what I proceed upon , the sprightly reader , who takes up my paper in order to be diverted , very often finds himself engaged unawares in a serious and profitable course of ...
... particular taste of either . As they neither of them know what I proceed upon , the sprightly reader , who takes up my paper in order to be diverted , very often finds himself engaged unawares in a serious and profitable course of ...
الصفحة 35
... or if I sometimes fail in this point , when my mirth ceases to be instructive , it shall never cease to be innocent . A scrupulous conduct in this particular , has , perhaps , more merit in it than the N ° 179 . 35 SPECTATOR .
... or if I sometimes fail in this point , when my mirth ceases to be instructive , it shall never cease to be innocent . A scrupulous conduct in this particular , has , perhaps , more merit in it than the N ° 179 . 35 SPECTATOR .
الصفحة 36
... particular cor- respondent , who has sent me the following letter , which I have castrated in some places upon these considerations : SIR , HAVING lately seen your discourse upon a match of grinning , I cannot forbear giving you an ...
... particular cor- respondent , who has sent me the following letter , which I have castrated in some places upon these considerations : SIR , HAVING lately seen your discourse upon a match of grinning , I cannot forbear giving you an ...
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Acarnania acquaintance admiration agreeable Alcibiades appear atheist beau Nash beautiful behaviour character consider conversation creature DECEMBER 15 desire discourse endeavour entertainment esteem exem father favour female fortune gentleman give happy heart honour hope Hudibras human humble servant humour husband Hyæna Iliad imagination innocent kind labour lady laudable leap live look lover Lover's Leap mankind manner matter means mention mind mirth mistress nature nerally never obliged observe occasion OCTOBER October 31 opinion OVID pain paper particular passion person Plato pleased pleasure Plutarch poet pray present pretend Pyrrhus racter reader reason received religion renegado salamander Sappho sense shew sions Socrates soul species SPECTATOR speculation spirit tell temper tender thing thought tion town turn vicious VIRG virtue virtuous whole wife William Scawen wise woman women word write young zeal
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الصفحة 357 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
الصفحة 29 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
الصفحة 218 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
الصفحة 168 - Lord cardinal, if thou think'st on heaven's bliss, Hold up thy hand, make signal of thy hope. — He dies, and makes no sign.
الصفحة 29 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness and it clothed me : My judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
الصفحة 233 - Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life : cunning is a kind of instinct that only looks out after our immediate interest and welfare.
الصفحة 79 - The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of living in a little time much beneath them ; or, as the Italian proverb runs, The Man who lives by Hope will die by Hunger.
الصفحة 205 - When they see it, they shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, so far beyond all that they looked for. And...
الصفحة 252 - Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in transport tost, My breath was gone, my voice was lost : My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame ; O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung ; My ears with hollow murmurs rung. In dewy damps my limbs were chill'd ; My blood with gentle horrors thrill'd ; My feeble pulse forgot to play ; I fainted, sunk, and died away.
الصفحة 352 - I am always pleased with that particular time of the year which is proper for the pickling of dill and cucumbers; but alas! this cry, like the song of the nightingale, is not heard above two months. It would therefore be worth while to consider whether the same air might not in some cases be adapted to other words.