A selection of passages from the Spectator for translation into Latin prose, ed. by J.R. MajorJohn Richardson Major 1858 - 185 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 11
... pleased as that celebrated one of the young prince , whose father being a tributary king of the Romans , had several complaints laid against him before the senate , as a tyrant and oppressor of his subjects . The prince went to Rome to ...
... pleased as that celebrated one of the young prince , whose father being a tributary king of the Romans , had several complaints laid against him before the senate , as a tyrant and oppressor of his subjects . The prince went to Rome to ...
الصفحة 19
... pleased with a medal which was struck by Queen Elizabeth , a little after the defeat of the invincible armada , to perpetuate the memory of that extraordinary event . It is well known how the King of Spain , and others who were the ...
... pleased with a medal which was struck by Queen Elizabeth , a little after the defeat of the invincible armada , to perpetuate the memory of that extraordinary event . It is well known how the King of Spain , and others who were the ...
الصفحة 28
... pleased with a country Sunday , and think , if keeping holy the seventh day were only a human institution , it would be the best method that could have been thought of for polishing and civilising mankind . It is certain , the country ...
... pleased with a country Sunday , and think , if keeping holy the seventh day were only a human institution , it would be the best method that could have been thought of for polishing and civilising mankind . It is certain , the country ...
الصفحة 40
... pleased with praise and thanksgiving : the other part of our duty is but an acknow- ledgment of our faults , while this is the immediate adora- tion of his perfections . It was an excellent observation , that we then only despise ...
... pleased with praise and thanksgiving : the other part of our duty is but an acknow- ledgment of our faults , while this is the immediate adora- tion of his perfections . It was an excellent observation , that we then only despise ...
الصفحة 41
... pleased with the prayer of the Lacedæmonians than with all the oblations of the Greeks . " As this prayer implied and encouraged virtue in those who made it , the philosopher proceeds to show how the most vicious man might be devout ...
... pleased with the prayer of the Lacedæmonians than with all the oblations of the Greeks . " As this prayer implied and encouraged virtue in those who made it , the philosopher proceeds to show how the most vicious man might be devout ...
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الصفحة 7 - There is not, in my opinion, a more pleasing and triumphant consideration in religion than this, of the perpetual progress which the soul makes towards the perfection of its nature, without ever arriving at a period in it.
الصفحة 161 - Being, whose justice, goodness, wisdom, and veracity are all concerned in this point. But among these and other excellent arguments for the immortality of the soul, there is one drawn from the perpetual progress of the soul to its perfection, without a possibility of ever arriving at it; which is a hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved by others, who have written on this subject, though it seems to me to carry a very great weight with it.
الصفحة 130 - There are, indeed, but very few who know how to be idle and innocent, or have a relish of any pleasures that are not criminal; every diversion they take is at the expense of some one virtue or another, and their very first step out of business is into vice or folly.
الصفحة 137 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
الصفحة 28 - ... the whole village meet together with their best faces, and in their cleanliest habits, to converse with one another upon indifferent subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being.
الصفحة 28 - I know but one way of fortifying my soul against these gloomy presages and terrors of mind, and that is, by securing to myself the friendship and protection of that Being who disposes of events and governs futurity. He sees, at one view, the whole thread...
الصفحة 8 - ... of glory, and brighten to all eternity ; that she will be still adding virtue to virtue, and knowledge to knowledge ; carries in it something wonderfully agreeable to that ambition which is natural to the mind of man. Nay, it must be a prospect pleasing to God himself, to see his creation for ever beautifying in his eyes, and drawing nearer to him, by greater degrees of resemblance.
الصفحة 13 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise ; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self ; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions...
الصفحة 28 - When I lay me down to sleep, I recommend myself to His care : when I awake, I give myself up to his direction. Amidst all the evils that threaten me, I will look up to Him for help, and question not but He will avert them, or turn them to my advantage.
الصفحة 21 - A person who believes he has his succour at hand, and that he acts in the sight of his friend, often exerts himself beyond his abilities ; and does wonders, that are not to be matched by one who is not animated with such a confidence of success.