The British Essayists;: SpectatorJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
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... cannot help letting the present subject regard what has been the last object of my eyes , though an enter- tainment of sorrow . I went this evening to visit a friend , with a de- sign to rally him , upon a story I had No - 133 . SPECTATOR .
... cannot help letting the present subject regard what has been the last object of my eyes , though an enter- tainment of sorrow . I went this evening to visit a friend , with a de- sign to rally him , upon a story I had No - 133 . SPECTATOR .
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... eyes of Lewis been inchanted , from the debauchery of his early youth , to the superstition of his present old age . Hence it is , that he has the patience to have sta- tues erected to his prowess , his valour , his fortitude , and in ...
... eyes of Lewis been inchanted , from the debauchery of his early youth , to the superstition of his present old age . Hence it is , that he has the patience to have sta- tues erected to his prowess , his valour , his fortitude , and in ...
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... eye upon your paper concerning the expence of time . You are very obliging to the women , especially those who are not young and past gallantry , by touching so gently upon gaming : therefore I hope you do not think it wrong to employ a ...
... eye upon your paper concerning the expence of time . You are very obliging to the women , especially those who are not young and past gallantry , by touching so gently upon gaming : therefore I hope you do not think it wrong to employ a ...
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... eye on Leonora's letter , that I should have had no occasion for requesting it of you ; but to my very great con- cern , I found on the perusal of that Spectator , I was entirely disappointed , and am as much at a loss how to make use ...
... eye on Leonora's letter , that I should have had no occasion for requesting it of you ; but to my very great con- cern , I found on the perusal of that Spectator , I was entirely disappointed , and am as much at a loss how to make use ...
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... eyes . РОРЕ . IN the present emptiness of the town , I have several applications from the lower part of the players ... eye- sight , with rope - dancers and tumblers ; which was a way discreet enough , because it prevented ...
... eyes . РОРЕ . IN the present emptiness of the town , I have several applications from the lower part of the players ... eye- sight , with rope - dancers and tumblers ; which was a way discreet enough , because it prevented ...
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Página 129 - But tell me, further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.
Página 147 - A man so various, that he seem'd 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.
Página 133 - The Genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating; but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Página 131 - ... thick for the eye to penetrate) I saw the valley opening at the farther end, and spreading forth into an immense ocean, that had a huge rock of adamant running through the midst of it, and dividing it into two equal parts. The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it...
Página 128 - I had been often told that the rock before me was the haunt of a genius; and that several had been entertained with music who had passed by it, but never heard that the musician had before made himself visible. When he had raised my thoughts, by those transporting airs...
Página 132 - ... seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage...
Página 129 - The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other? What thou seest, said he, is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now, said he, this sea that is thus bounded with darkness...
Página 130 - I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it, and upon...
Página 223 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
Página 131 - Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it.