The Spectator; in Miniature: Being a Collection of the Principal Religious, Moral, Humorous, Satyrical & Critical Essays Contained in that Celebrated Publication, Volume 1W. Suttaby, 1808 |
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... possessed a consider- able share of knowledge . He was acquaint- ed with the Latin classics , but not con- versant in Grecian literature . As an author , he must be acknowledged to have made a considerable addition to the general mass ...
... possessed a consider- able share of knowledge . He was acquaint- ed with the Latin classics , but not con- versant in Grecian literature . As an author , he must be acknowledged to have made a considerable addition to the general mass ...
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... possessing a great flow of spirits , and abounding in lively repartees . With such talents and with such virtues , the question naturally arises , how came STEELE to be so distressed and miserable ? By his violence , his indiscretion ...
... possessing a great flow of spirits , and abounding in lively repartees . With such talents and with such virtues , the question naturally arises , how came STEELE to be so distressed and miserable ? By his violence , his indiscretion ...
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... possessed with it set at ease . Other faults indeed are not under the wife's jurisdiction , aud should , if possible , escape her observation ; but jea- lousy calls upon her particularly for its cure , and de . serves all her art and ...
... possessed with it set at ease . Other faults indeed are not under the wife's jurisdiction , aud should , if possible , escape her observation ; but jea- lousy calls upon her particularly for its cure , and de . serves all her art and ...
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... possessed her mind with so wonder- ful a patience , that one may rather say she ceased to breathe than she died at that hour . You who had not the happiness to be personally known to this lady have nothing but to rejoice in the honour ...
... possessed her mind with so wonder- ful a patience , that one may rather say she ceased to breathe than she died at that hour . You who had not the happiness to be personally known to this lady have nothing but to rejoice in the honour ...
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... of Catiline , that his fall would have been glorious ( si pro patria sic concidisset ) had he so fallen in the service of his country . VOL . II . D The English writers of tragedy are possessed with a notion ON TRAGEDY . 49.
... of Catiline , that his fall would have been glorious ( si pro patria sic concidisset ) had he so fallen in the service of his country . VOL . II . D The English writers of tragedy are possessed with a notion ON TRAGEDY . 49.
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Page 123 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 150 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 190 - On the contrary, foolish men are more apt to consider what they have lost than what they possess; and to fix their eyes upon those who are richer than themselves, rather than on those who are under greater difficulties. All the real pleasures and...
Page 147 - When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Page 105 - God and separate spirits, are made up of the simple ideas we receive from reflection: vg having, from what we experiment in ourselves, got the ideas of existence and duration, of knowledge and power, of pleasure and happiness, and of several other qualities and powers, which it is better to have, than to be without; when we would frame an idea the most suitable we can to the Supreme Being, we enlarge every one of these with our idea of infinity; and so putting them together, make our complex idea...
Page 31 - How are Thy servants blest, O Lord How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, Omnipotence. 2 In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air.
Page 185 - I could not but observe that there were many more imaginary than real. One little packet I could not but take notice of, which was a complication of all the diseases incident to human nature, and was in the hand of a great many fine people: this was called the Spleen.
Page 31 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble : they reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 32 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. " The storm was laid, the winds retired, Obedient to thy will; The sea that roar'd at thy command, At thy command was still.
Page 173 - The rocks proclaim the approaching Deity. Lo, earth receives him from the bending skies ! Sink down, ye mountains ; and ye valleys, rise ! With heads declined, ye cedars, homage pay ; Be smooth, ye rocks ; ye rapid floods, give way. The Saviour comes ! by ancient bards foretold ! Hear Him, ye deaf; and all ye blind, behold...