The Spectator: no. 170-251; Sept. 14, 1711-Dec. 18, 1711George Atherton Aitken John C. Nimmo, 1898 |
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... whole sex as a species of impostors . But if , notwithstanding their private experience , they can get over these preju- dices , and entertain a favourable opinion of some women , yet their own loose desires will stir up new suspicions ...
... whole sex as a species of impostors . But if , notwithstanding their private experience , they can get over these preju- dices , and entertain a favourable opinion of some women , yet their own loose desires will stir up new suspicions ...
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... whole soul to her in the warmest protestations of love and con- stancy ; when amidst all his sighs and languishings she asked him , whether the private orders he left with his uncle Joseph were an instance of such an inflamed affection ...
... whole soul to her in the warmest protestations of love and con- stancy ; when amidst all his sighs and languishings she asked him , whether the private orders he left with his uncle Joseph were an instance of such an inflamed affection ...
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... whole human race pro- nounce you glorious , except you yourself can join with them in your own reflections . A mind thus equal and uniform may be deserted by little fashion- able admirers and followers , but will ever be had in ...
... whole human race pro- nounce you glorious , except you yourself can join with them in your own reflections . A mind thus equal and uniform may be deserted by little fashion- able admirers and followers , but will ever be had in ...
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... whole art of grinning , but particularly excelled in the angry grin . He did this part so well that he is said to have made half - a - dozen women miscarry ; but the Justice being apprised by one who stood near him that the fellow who ...
... whole art of grinning , but particularly excelled in the angry grin . He did this part so well that he is said to have made half - a - dozen women miscarry ; but the Justice being apprised by one who stood near him that the fellow who ...
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... whole company stood astonished at such a complicated grin , and were ready to assign the prize to him , had it not been proved by one of his antagonists that he had prac- tised with verjuice for some days before , and had a crab found ...
... whole company stood astonished at such a complicated grin , and were ready to assign the prize to him , had it not been proved by one of his antagonists that he had prac- tised with verjuice for some days before , and had a crab found ...
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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.