The Spectator, Volume 3W. Wilson, 1778 |
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... late paper I mentioned the project of an ingeni- ous author for the erecting of feveral handicraft prizes to be contended for by our British artifans , and the in- fluence they might have towards the improvement of our several ...
... late paper I mentioned the project of an ingeni- ous author for the erecting of feveral handicraft prizes to be contended for by our British artifans , and the in- fluence they might have towards the improvement of our several ...
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... late victory , has made a vifit or two to the dear object of my wishes , fo that I am at once in danger of lofing all my pretenfions to wit , and my mistress into the bargain . This , fir , is a true account of my pre- fent troubles ...
... late victory , has made a vifit or two to the dear object of my wishes , fo that I am at once in danger of lofing all my pretenfions to wit , and my mistress into the bargain . This , fir , is a true account of my pre- fent troubles ...
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... late speculation to take no- ⚫tice of the inconvenience we lie under in the country , ⚫ in not being able to keep pace with the fashion : but ⚫ there is another misfortune which we are fubject to , and is no lefs grievous than the ...
... late speculation to take no- ⚫tice of the inconvenience we lie under in the country , ⚫ in not being able to keep pace with the fashion : but ⚫ there is another misfortune which we are fubject to , and is no lefs grievous than the ...
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... late years , that there was not a man who would ' knock down a watchman in my behalf , but I was car- ' -ried off with as much triumph as if I had been a pick- pocket . At this rate , there is an end of all the wit and humour in the ...
... late years , that there was not a man who would ' knock down a watchman in my behalf , but I was car- ' -ried off with as much triumph as if I had been a pick- pocket . At this rate , there is an end of all the wit and humour in the ...
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... late years , that it is driven out of all its out - works . The atheist has not found his poft tenable , and is therefore retired into Deifin , and a disbelief of reveal- ⚫ed religion only . But the truth of it is , the greatest number ...
... late years , that it is driven out of all its out - works . The atheist has not found his poft tenable , and is therefore retired into Deifin , and a disbelief of reveal- ⚫ed religion only . But the truth of it is , the greatest number ...
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Page 68 - I would have every zealous man examine his heart thoroughly; and I believe he will often find, that what he calls a zeal for his religion, is either pride, interest, or ill-nature.
Page 183 - ... human figure ; sometimes we see the man appearing distinctly in all his limbs and features, sometimes we find the figure wrought up to a great elegancy, but seldom meet with any to which the hand of a Phidias or Praxiteles could not give several nice touches and finishings.
Page 197 - This was he whom we had sometimes in derision and a proverb of reproach ; We fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without honour : How is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints...
Page 218 - Athenians, with what wonderful art are almost all the different tempers of mankind represented in that elegant audience? You see one credulous of all that is said; another wrapt up in deep suspense; another saying, there is some reason in what he says; another angry that the apostle destroys a favourite opinion which he is unwilling to give up; another wholly convinced, and holding out his hands in rapture; while the generality attend, and wait for the opinion of those who are of leading characters...
Page 207 - A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 41 - If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep...
Page 213 - There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both. The great difference is, that the first knows how to pick and cull his thoughts for conversation, by suppressing some, and communicating others ; whereas the other lets them all indifferently fly out in words.
Page 89 - I have been told of a certain zealous dissenter, who being a great enemy to popery, and believing that bad men are the most fortunate in this world, will lay two to one on the number 666 against any other number, because, says he, it is the number of the beast.
Page 104 - It is said of Diogenes, that meeting a young man who was going to a feast, he took him up in the street and carried him home to his friends, as one who was running into imminent danger, had not he prevented him...
Page 213 - When these have pointed out to us which course we may lawfully steer, it is no harm to set out all our sail; if the storms and tempests of adversity should rise upon us, and not suffer us to make the haven where we would be, it will however prove no small consolation to us in these circumstances, that we have neither mistaken our course, nor fallen into calamities of our own procuring. Religion therefore (were we to...