The Spectator: no. 170-251; Sept. 14, 1711-Dec. 18, 1711George Atherton Aitken John C. Nimmo, 1898 |
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... head of a bass viol ; and at the fifth a pair of nut- crackers . The whole assembly wondered at his accomplishments , and bestowed the ring on him unanimously ; but , what he esteemed more than all the rest , a country wench whom he had ...
... head of a bass viol ; and at the fifth a pair of nut- crackers . The whole assembly wondered at his accomplishments , and bestowed the ring on him unanimously ; but , what he esteemed more than all the rest , a country wench whom he had ...
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... heads with such senseless ambitions , and inspiring them with such absurd ideas of superiority and pre - eminence , has not in it something immoral as well as ridiculous.1 L. No. 174. Wednesday , Sept. 19 , 1711 [ STEELE . Hæc memini et ...
... heads with such senseless ambitions , and inspiring them with such absurd ideas of superiority and pre - eminence , has not in it something immoral as well as ridiculous.1 L. No. 174. Wednesday , Sept. 19 , 1711 [ STEELE . Hæc memini et ...
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... head . pass over my head . I would imme- diately change my lodgings , but that I think it might look like a plain confession that I am con- quered ; and besides this , I am told that most quarters of the town are infested with these ...
... head . pass over my head . I would imme- diately change my lodgings , but that I think it might look like a plain confession that I am con- quered ; and besides this , I am told that most quarters of the town are infested with these ...
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... head - dress . The foresaid lady had the assurance to affirm , amidst a circle of female inquisitors who were ... heads dressed wholly in ribbons , and looked like so many victims ready to be sacri- 1 No. 119 . ficed . This is still a ...
... head - dress . The foresaid lady had the assurance to affirm , amidst a circle of female inquisitors who were ... heads dressed wholly in ribbons , and looked like so many victims ready to be sacri- 1 No. 119 . ficed . This is still a ...
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... head - clothes . " Fie , my dear , " say I ; " how can a woman of your sense fall into such an intem- perate rage ? " This is an argument which never fails . " Indeed , my dear , " says she , " you make me mad sometimes , so you do ...
... head - clothes . " Fie , my dear , " say I ; " how can a woman of your sense fall into such an intem- perate rage ? " This is an argument which never fails . " Indeed , my dear , " says she , " you make me mad sometimes , so you do ...
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Page 258 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything 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 46 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 202 - ... of our lives that it ran much faster than it does. Several hours of the day hang upon our hands, nay we wish away whole years : and travel through time as through a country filled with many wild and empty wastes which we would fain hurry over, that we may arrive at those several little settlements or imaginary points of rest which are dispersed up and down in it.
Page 225 - CONSIDER a human soul, without education, like marble in the quarry : which shows none of its inherent beauties, until the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot, and vein, that .runs through the body of it. Education, after the same manner, when it works upon a noble mind, draws out to view every latent virtue and perfection, which, without such helps, are never able to make their appearance.
Page 386 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides : — Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Page 291 - Ille mi par esse deo videtur, ille, si fas est, superare divos, qui sedens adversus identidem te spectat et audit dulce ridentem, misero quod omnis eripit sensus mihi nam simul te, Lesbia, aspexi, nihil est super mi <vocis in ore> lingua sed torpet, tenuis sub artus flamma demanat, sonitu suopte tintinant aures, gemina teguntur lumina nocte.
Page 385 - It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary ; or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras.
Page 384 - The talent of turning men into ridicule, and exposing to laughter those one converses with, is the qualification of little ungenerous tempers. A young man with this cast of mind cuts himself off from all manner of improvement. Every one has his flaws and weaknesses; nay, the greatest blemishes are often found in the most shining characters; but what an absurd thing is it to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities...
Page 46 - If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: 30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
Page 330 - Being, he was admitted to propose to him some questions concerning his administration of the universe. In the midst of this divine colloquy he was commanded to look down on the plain below. At the foot of the mountain there issued out a clear spring of water, at which a soldier alighted from his horse to drink. He was no sooner gone than a little boy came to the same place, and finding a purse of gold which the soldier had dropped, took it up and went away with it.