The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Spectator [no. 162-483H. G. Bohn, 1889 - 8 pages |
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... piece of charity in you to lend me your as- sistance in this conjuncture . If , after the reading of this letter , you find yourself in a humour rather to rally and ridicule , than to comfort me , I desire you would throw it into the ...
... piece of charity in you to lend me your as- sistance in this conjuncture . If , after the reading of this letter , you find yourself in a humour rather to rally and ridicule , than to comfort me , I desire you would throw it into the ...
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... piece ; for if he once finds a false gloss put upon any single action , he quickly suspects all the rest ; his working imagination immediately takes a false hint , and runs off with it into several remote consequences , till he has ...
... piece ; for if he once finds a false gloss put upon any single action , he quickly suspects all the rest ; his working imagination immediately takes a false hint , and runs off with it into several remote consequences , till he has ...
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... piece of charity , which we can put in practice . By this method we in some measure share the necessities of the poor at the same time that we relieve them , and make ourselves not only their patrons , but their fellow - sufferers . Sir ...
... piece of charity , which we can put in practice . By this method we in some measure share the necessities of the poor at the same time that we relieve them , and make ourselves not only their patrons , but their fellow - sufferers . Sir ...
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... pieces of wit that made their ар pearance in the world , and have been still highly valued , not only in times of the greatest simplicity , but among the most polite ages of mankind . Jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest that is ...
... pieces of wit that made their ар pearance in the world , and have been still highly valued , not only in times of the greatest simplicity , but among the most polite ages of mankind . Jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest that is ...
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... piece with the business of the day , he would have enlarged upon this hint , and have drawn it out into some beautiful allegory or fable . But since he has not done it , I shall attempt to write one myself in the spirit of that divine ...
... piece with the business of the day , he would have enlarged upon this hint , and have drawn it out into some beautiful allegory or fable . But since he has not done it , I shall attempt to write one myself in the spirit of that divine ...
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Page 271 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Page 281 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms: Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Page 446 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, •And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 206 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.
Page 485 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll And spread the truth from pole...
Page 466 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 214 - There went a fame in heaven that he, ere long, Intended to create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the sons of heaven : Thither, if but to pry, shall be, perhaps, Our first eruption ; thither, or elsewhere; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial spirits in bondage, nor the abyss Long under darkness cover. But these thoughts Full counsel must mature : peace is despair'd ; For who can think submission ? War, then, war, Open or understood, must...
Page 371 - That landscape ; and of pure, now purer air Meets his approach, and to the heart inspires Vernal delight and joy, able to drive All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.
Page 225 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world ; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...