The Spectator, Volumen 7Tonson, 1718 |
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Página 12
... fent Purpose ? I have known Tom eloquent half an hour together , and triumphing , as he thought , in the Superio- rity of Argument , when he has been non - plus'd on a fudden by Mr. Dry's defiring him to tell the Company what it was ...
... fent Purpose ? I have known Tom eloquent half an hour together , and triumphing , as he thought , in the Superio- rity of Argument , when he has been non - plus'd on a fudden by Mr. Dry's defiring him to tell the Company what it was ...
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... fent for home . He informs me , that my Paper has ade miniftred great Confolation to their whole Club , and de- , fires me to give fome further Account of Socrates , and to . acquaint them in whofe Reign he lived , whether he was a ...
... fent for home . He informs me , that my Paper has ade miniftred great Confolation to their whole Club , and de- , fires me to give fome further Account of Socrates , and to . acquaint them in whofe Reign he lived , whether he was a ...
Página 56
... fent me this Account , will ac- quaint nie with his Name , I will infert it at length in one of my Papers , if he defires it . I SHOULD be very glad to find out any Expedient that might alleviate the Expence which this my Paper . brings ...
... fent me this Account , will ac- quaint nie with his Name , I will infert it at length in one of my Papers , if he defires it . I SHOULD be very glad to find out any Expedient that might alleviate the Expence which this my Paper . brings ...
Página 57
... fent to the Writer of the Spectator , after having returned my Thanks to the ingenious Author of it .. & SIR , H AVING heard the following Epigram very much commended , I wonder that it has not yet had a place in any of your Papers ; I ...
... fent to the Writer of the Spectator , after having returned my Thanks to the ingenious Author of it .. & SIR , H AVING heard the following Epigram very much commended , I wonder that it has not yet had a place in any of your Papers ; I ...
Página 67
... fent for to an Audience . The Servant knew his distance when Matters of State were to be debated ; and the Governor , laying afide the Air : with which he had appeared in publick , began to be the Supplicant , to rally an Affliction ...
... fent for to an Audience . The Servant knew his distance when Matters of State were to be debated ; and the Governor , laying afide the Air : with which he had appeared in publick , began to be the Supplicant , to rally an Affliction ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 114 - ... discourse, or distract you so that you cannot go on, and by consequence, if they cannot be as witty as you are, they can hinder your being any wittier than they are. Thus, if you talk of a candle, he
Página 221 - When you glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as you can. for even yet will he far exceed. And when you exalt him, put forth all your strength, and be not weary: for you can never go far enough.
Página 59 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble : they reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Página 175 - ... we see no chasms or gaps. All quite down from us the descent is by easy steps, and a continued series of things, that in each remove differ very little one from the other.
Página 167 - ... parish, that he has left money to build a steeple to the church : for he was heard to say some time ago, that if he lived two years longer, Coverley church should have a steeple to it.
Página 161 - Catholic world in the following manner. ' There were not ever, before the entrance of the Christian name into the world, men who have maintained a more renowned carriage, than the two great rivals who possess the full fame of the present age, and will be the theme and examination of the future.
Página 168 - This letter, notwithstanding the poor butler's manner of writing it, gave us such an idea of our good old friend, that upon the reading of it there was not a dry eye in the club. Sir Andrew, opening the book, found it to be a collection of acts of parliament.
Página 77 - His Latin and Greek stood him in little stead ; he was to give an account only of the state of his soul : whether he was of the number of the elect ; what was the occasion of his conversion ; upon what day of the month and hour of the day it happened ; how it was carried on, and when completed. The whole examination was summed up with one short question, namely, whether he was prepared for death...
Página 197 - ... fellow, upon changing his condition, will be no longer puzzled how to stand the raillery of his facetious companions; that he need not own he married only to plunder an heiress of her fortune, nor pretend that he uses her ill, to avoid the ridiculous name of a fond husband.
Página 173 - On the other hand, if we look into the more bulky parts of nature, we see the seas, lakes, and rivers, teeming with numberless kinds of living creatures.