The Beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians: Connected and Digested Under Alphabetical Heads, Volume 2J. Bumstead, 1801 - English imprints |
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... meet me , told me , that he was extremely forry for the form I had met with just be- fore my arrival . I was troubled to hear him grieve and afflict himfelf on my account ; but in lefs than a quarter of an hour he fmiled , and was as ...
... meet me , told me , that he was extremely forry for the form I had met with just be- fore my arrival . I was troubled to hear him grieve and afflict himfelf on my account ; but in lefs than a quarter of an hour he fmiled , and was as ...
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... meet with fo many inexplicable difficulties , that I fcarce know which fide has the better of it , till I am informed by the Tower guns that the place is furrendered . I do indeed make fome allowances for this part of the war ...
... meet with fo many inexplicable difficulties , that I fcarce know which fide has the better of it , till I am informed by the Tower guns that the place is furrendered . I do indeed make fome allowances for this part of the war ...
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... meets with contempt and de- rifion , the envious man , under the colour of hating vain - glory , can fmile with an inward wantonnefs of heart at the ill effect it may have upon an honest am- bition for the future . SPECTATOR , Vol . I ...
... meets with contempt and de- rifion , the envious man , under the colour of hating vain - glory , can fmile with an inward wantonnefs of heart at the ill effect it may have upon an honest am- bition for the future . SPECTATOR , Vol . I ...
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... meets with . Will takes no- tice , that there is now an evil under the fun which he fuppofes to be entirely new , becaufe not mentioned by any fatirift or moralitt in any age : Men , faid he , grow knaves fooner than they ever did fince ...
... meets with . Will takes no- tice , that there is now an evil under the fun which he fuppofes to be entirely new , becaufe not mentioned by any fatirift or moralitt in any age : Men , faid he , grow knaves fooner than they ever did fince ...
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... meets with that re- ception and approbation among its readers , as what is aimed at a perfon whofe merit places him upon an eminence , and gives him a more confpicuous figure among men .. Whether it be that we think it fhews greater art ...
... meets with that re- ception and approbation among its readers , as what is aimed at a perfon whofe merit places him upon an eminence , and gives him a more confpicuous figure among men .. Whether it be that we think it fhews greater art ...
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actions anfwer arifes beauty becauſe befides cafe confequence confider confideration confifts converfation defign defire difcourfe difcovered divine endeavour eternity exiftence exprefs eyes faculties faid fame fatire fatisfaction fecret feems felf fenfe fenfible fent feve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft fome fomething fometimes foon foul fpeak fpirit ftand ftate ftill ftory ftrength fubject fuch fuffer fuperior fure give good-nature greateſt happineſs happy hath heart himſelf honour human humour huſband imagination impoffible inftances itſelf juft kind laft lefs live loft look mankind mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferve occafion ourſelves paffage paffions pafs perfection perfon pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent preferve raiſed reafon reft reprefented Rhadamanthus ſpeak SPECTATOR TATLER thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion underſtanding uſeful virtue whofe wife wiſdom words
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Page 32 - I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
Page 233 - And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
Page 146 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Page 218 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Page 122 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?
Page 232 - Lord, my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father; and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
Page 338 - Dutch, whom we are apt to despise for want of genius, show an infinitely greater taste of antiquity and politeness in their buildings and works of this nature, than what we meet with in those of our own country.
Page 34 - I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands...
Page 219 - ... uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules: within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married.
Page 35 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.