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... reason likewise every thought , in a methodical dis- course shews itself in its greatest beauty , as the seve- ral figures in a piece of painting receive new grace from their disposition in the picture . The advanta- ges of a reader ...
... reason likewise every thought , in a methodical dis- course shews itself in its greatest beauty , as the seve- ral figures in a piece of painting receive new grace from their disposition in the picture . The advanta- ges of a reader ...
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... reason of its rarity , that if I meet with any one in a field which pleases me , I give it a place in my garden . By this means , when a stranger walks with me , he is surprised to see several large spots of ground covered with ten thou ...
... reason of its rarity , that if I meet with any one in a field which pleases me , I give it a place in my garden . By this means , when a stranger walks with me , he is surprised to see several large spots of ground covered with ten thou ...
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... reason we are not so sen- sible of those beauties that at this time may be every where met with ; but when nature is in her desola- tion , and presents us with nothing but bleak and barren prospects , there is something unspeakably ...
... reason we are not so sen- sible of those beauties that at this time may be every where met with ; but when nature is in her desola- tion , and presents us with nothing but bleak and barren prospects , there is something unspeakably ...
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... of nature , to be a laudable if not a vir- tuous habit of mind . For all which reasons I hope you will pardon the length of my present letter . C I am , Sir , & c . No. CCCCLXXVIII . MONDAY , SEPT . 8 . Usus 26 THE SPECTATOR .
... of nature , to be a laudable if not a vir- tuous habit of mind . For all which reasons I hope you will pardon the length of my present letter . C I am , Sir , & c . No. CCCCLXXVIII . MONDAY , SEPT . 8 . Usus 26 THE SPECTATOR .
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... reasons offered by which we expected to gain the approbation of the public , were as follow . First , That every one ... reason to suspect that they only go abroad to make or improve a fancy for dress , a project of this nature may be a ...
... reasons offered by which we expected to gain the approbation of the public , were as follow . First , That every one ... reason to suspect that they only go abroad to make or improve a fancy for dress , a project of this nature may be a ...
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Page 158 - Our first eruption, thither or elsewhere: For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial spirits in bondage, nor the abyss Long under darkness cover.
Page 307 - tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them ? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil...
Page 306 - 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 308 - To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream; ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life...
Page 76 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Page 78 - My life, if thou preserv'st my life, Thy sacrifice shall be ; And death, if death must be my doom, Shall join my soul to thee.
Page 69 - Thus it is observed, that men sometimes, upon the hour of their departure, do speak and reason above themselves; for then the soul, beginning to be freed from the ligaments of the body, begins to reason like herself, and to discourse in a strain above mortality.
Page 99 - If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it. It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
Page 261 - When you glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as you can : for even yet will he far exceed. And when you exalt him, put forth all your strength and be not weary; for you can never go far enough.
Page 100 - They are, indeed, so disseminated through all the trading parts of the world, that they are become the instruments by which the most distant nations converse with one another, and by which mankind are knit together in a general correspondence. They are like the pegs and nails in a great building, which, though they are but little valued in themselves, are absolutely necessary to keep the whole frame together.