The SpectatorT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811 |
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... person who possesses it : cunning , when it is once detected , loses its force , and makes a man incapable of bringing ... persons who are but the fewest re- moves from them . In short , cunning is only the mimic of discretion , and may ...
... person who possesses it : cunning , when it is once detected , loses its force , and makes a man incapable of bringing ... persons who are but the fewest re- moves from them . In short , cunning is only the mimic of discretion , and may ...
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... persons who tried it , escaped not only with their lives but their limbs . If by this means they got rid of their love , though it may in part be ascribed to the reasons you give for it ; why may not we suppose , that the cold bath into ...
... persons who tried it , escaped not only with their lives but their limbs . If by this means they got rid of their love , though it may in part be ascribed to the reasons you give for it ; why may not we suppose , that the cold bath into ...
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... persons very often discover , who value themselves most upon a well bred confidence . This happens when a man is ashamed to act up to his reason , and would not upon any consideration be surprised in the practice of those duties , for ...
... persons very often discover , who value themselves most upon a well bred confidence . This happens when a man is ashamed to act up to his reason , and would not upon any consideration be surprised in the practice of those duties , for ...
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... person , his birth , his profession , his poverty , or the like misfortunes , which it was not in his choice to ... persons , male and female , who offered up their vows in the temple of the Pythian A- pollo , in the forty - sixth ...
... person , his birth , his profession , his poverty , or the like misfortunes , which it was not in his choice to ... persons , male and female , who offered up their vows in the temple of the Pythian A- pollo , in the forty - sixth ...
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... persons practise , who joined religion to that elegance of sentiments with which the passion of love generally inspires its votaries . This was , at the return of such an hour , to offer up a certain prayer for each other , which they ...
... persons practise , who joined religion to that elegance of sentiments with which the passion of love generally inspires its votaries . This was , at the return of such an hour , to offer up a certain prayer for each other , which they ...
Términos y frases comunes
Acarnania action Adam Adam and Eve admirable Æneas Æneid agreeable ancient angels appear Aristotle beautiful called character chearfulness circumstances colours consider critics dæmon death delight described discourse divine earth endeavoured English entertainment Enville epic poetry fable fallen angels fame fancy filled give hand happiness head heart heaven Homer honour ideas Iliad imagination Jupiter kind lady letter likewise live look Lover's Leap lovers mankind manner Menippus ment Milton mind morality nature never noble observed occasion Ovid Pandæmonium paper Paradise Lost particular passage passion perfection persons pleased pleasure Plutarch poem poet poetry proper reader reason received Rechteren remark ridicule Sappho Satan says secret sentiments shew shewn sight Sir Roger soul Spectator speech spirit sublime take notice tells thee thing thou thought tion told verse VIRG Virgil virtue whole words writing
Pasajes populares
Página 54 - 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.
Página 194 - 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.
Página 396 - 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.
Página 149 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 149 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up. my love, my fair one, and come away ! for, lo 1 the winter is past, the rain is over and gone, the flowers appear on the earth, the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.
Página 121 - To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at last Words interwove with sighs found out their way.
Página 197 - So many grateful altars I would rear Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone ' Of lustre from the brook, in memory, Or monument to ages ; and thereon Offer sweet-smelling gums, and fruits, and flowers. In yonder nether world where shall I seek His bright appearances, or footstep trace?
Página 332 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Página 61 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar: When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow: Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th...
Página 166 - God's eternal store, to circumscribe This universe, and all created things: One foot he centred, and the other turn'd Round through the vast profundity obscure; And said, Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds, This be thy just circumference, O World!