The Spectator, Volumen 7Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 |
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... object , in every occurrence , and in every thought . If we look into the characters of this tribe of infidels , we generally find they are made up of pride , spleen , and cavil . It is indeed no wonder , that men who are uneasy to ...
... object , in every occurrence , and in every thought . If we look into the characters of this tribe of infidels , we generally find they are made up of pride , spleen , and cavil . It is indeed no wonder , that men who are uneasy to ...
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... objects that are proper to raise and keep alive this happy temper of mind . If we consider this world in its subserviency to man , one would think it was made for our use ; but if we consider it in its natural beauty and har- mony one ...
... objects that are proper to raise and keep alive this happy temper of mind . If we consider this world in its subserviency to man , one would think it was made for our use ; but if we consider it in its natural beauty and har- mony one ...
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... objects which seem to have very little use in them ; as from the wildness of rocks and deserts , and the like grotesque parts of nature . Those who are versed in philosophy may still carry this consideration higher , by ob- serving ...
... objects which seem to have very little use in them ; as from the wildness of rocks and deserts , and the like grotesque parts of nature . Those who are versed in philosophy may still carry this consideration higher , by ob- serving ...
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... objects that beset him appear greater than they were . The second , whose breast swelled into a bold relievo , on the contrary , took great pleasure in lessening every thing , and was perfectly the reverse of his brother . These ...
... objects that beset him appear greater than they were . The second , whose breast swelled into a bold relievo , on the contrary , took great pleasure in lessening every thing , and was perfectly the reverse of his brother . These ...
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... objects that encompass us , are no less beneficial to men of dark and melancholy tempers . It was for this reason that I endeavoured to re- commend a cheerfulness of mind in my two last Saturday's papers , and which I would still incul ...
... objects that encompass us , are no less beneficial to men of dark and melancholy tempers . It was for this reason that I endeavoured to re- commend a cheerfulness of mind in my two last Saturday's papers , and which I would still incul ...
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Página 275 - 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 noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Página 137 - He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession.
Página 161 - Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof. It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it.
Página 153 - If the Products of Nature rise in Value, according as they more or less resemble those of Art, we may be sure that artificial Works receive a greater Advantage from their Resemblance of such as are natural ; because here the Similitude is not only pleasant, but the Pattern more perfect.
Página 136 - Sense which furnishes the Imagination with its Ideas; so that by the Pleasures of the Imagination or Fancy (which I shall use promiscuously) I here mean such as arise from visible Objects, either when we have them actually in our View, or when we call up their Ideas into our Minds by Paintings, Statues, Descriptions, or any the like Occasion...
Página 200 - Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off...
Página 138 - Delightful scenes, whether in nature, painting, or poetry, have a kindly influence on the body, as well as the mind, and not only serve to clear and brighten the imagination, but are able to disperse grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions.
Página 264 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Página 200 - Softly on my eyelids laid ; And, as I wake, sweet music breathe Above, about, or underneath, Sent by some spirit to mortals good, Or the unseen Genius of the wood.
Página 148 - In short, our souls are at present delightfully lost and bewildered in a pleasing delusion, and we walk about like the enchanted hero of a romance, who sees beautiful castles, woods, and meadows, and, at the same time, hears the warbling of birds and the purling of streams; but upon the finishing of some secret spell the fantastic scene breaks up, and the disconsolate knight finds himself on a barren heath or in a solitary desert.