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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... presents and obliging conversation , that she drew ali the secret from him , with which Herod had entrusted him ; so that after his return , when he flew to her with all the transports of joy and love , she received him coldly with ...
... presents and obliging conversation , that she drew ali the secret from him , with which Herod had entrusted him ; so that after his return , when he flew to her with all the transports of joy and love , she received him coldly with ...
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... present condi- tion , and on every occasion asked whether he was satisfied in the measures that were taken about her . Before this last operation she ordered her will to be drawn , and , after having been about a quarter of an hour ...
... present condi- tion , and on every occasion asked whether he was satisfied in the measures that were taken about her . Before this last operation she ordered her will to be drawn , and , after having been about a quarter of an hour ...
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... present as if absent . TER . IT is a hard and nice subject for a man to speak of himself , " says Cowley ; " it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement , and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him . " Let ...
... present as if absent . TER . IT is a hard and nice subject for a man to speak of himself , " says Cowley ; " it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement , and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him . " Let ...
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... present to pass for a man of plain sense in his conver- sation , and is never facetious but when he knows his company . EPISTOLARY POETICAL WRITING . Neque enim concludere versum Dixeris esse satis : neque siquis scribat , uti nos ...
... present to pass for a man of plain sense in his conver- sation , and is never facetious but when he knows his company . EPISTOLARY POETICAL WRITING . Neque enim concludere versum Dixeris esse satis : neque siquis scribat , uti nos ...
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... present , of epistolary poetry , I would be understood to meau - only such writings in this kind , as have been in use among the ancients , and have been copied from them by some moderns . These may be reduced into two classes : in the ...
... present , of epistolary poetry , I would be understood to meau - only such writings in this kind , as have been in use among the ancients , and have been copied from them by some moderns . These may be reduced into two classes : in the ...
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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...