The Works of Joseph Addison Complete in Three Volumes Embracing the Whole of the "Spectator," &c, Volume 1Harper & brothers, 1864 - English essays |
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... obliged , most obe- dient , and most humble servant , THE SPECTATOR . VOLUME THE THIRD , TO THE RIGHT HON . HENRY BOYLE . * 1712 . Sir , As the professed design of this work is to entertain its readers in general , without giving ...
... obliged , most obe- dient , and most humble servant , THE SPECTATOR . VOLUME THE THIRD , TO THE RIGHT HON . HENRY BOYLE . * 1712 . Sir , As the professed design of this work is to entertain its readers in general , without giving ...
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... putting them in execution . It is yourlordship only MY LORD , Your Lordship's most obliged , and most obedient humble'servant , THE SPECTATOR . have at your table , your easy condescensior . in ORIGINAL DEDICATIONS . XI .
... putting them in execution . It is yourlordship only MY LORD , Your Lordship's most obliged , and most obedient humble'servant , THE SPECTATOR . have at your table , your easy condescensior . in ORIGINAL DEDICATIONS . XI .
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... obliged , obedient , and humble servant , THE SPECTATOR . * His lordship was the founder of the splendid and truly valuable library at Althorp . VOLUME THE SEVENTH . TO MR . METHUEN . * Sir , The great part you had , as British am It is ...
... obliged , obedient , and humble servant , THE SPECTATOR . * His lordship was the founder of the splendid and truly valuable library at Althorp . VOLUME THE SEVENTH . TO MR . METHUEN . * Sir , The great part you had , as British am It is ...
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... obliged , by this promise , to conceal any false protestations which I observe made by glances in public assemblies ; but endeavour to make both sexes appear in their conduct what they are in their hearts . By this means , love , during ...
... obliged , by this promise , to conceal any false protestations which I observe made by glances in public assemblies ; but endeavour to make both sexes appear in their conduct what they are in their hearts . By this means , love , during ...
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... obliged to fall in with all the passions and humours of his yoke- fellow . ' Do not you remember , child , ' says she , that the pigeon - house fell the very afternoon that our careless wench spilt the salt upon the table ? " " Yes ...
... obliged to fall in with all the passions and humours of his yoke- fellow . ' Do not you remember , child , ' says she , that the pigeon - house fell the very afternoon that our careless wench spilt the salt upon the table ? " " Yes ...
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Page 361 - 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. Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Page 264 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 366 - Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, 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' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 236 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Page 437 - 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 17 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Page 172 - Change, the whole parish-politics being generally discussed in that place either after sermon or before the bell rings. My friend Sir Roger, being a good churchman, has beautified the inside of his church with several texts of his own choosing. He has likewise given a handsome pulpit-cloth, and railed in the communion-table at his own expense. He has often told me, that at his coming to his estate he found...
Page 172 - Foils that rather set off than blemish his good Qualities. As soon as the Sermon is finished, nobody presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the Church. The Knight walks down from his Seat in the Chancel between a double row of his Tenants, that stand bowing to him on each side; and every now and then inquires how such an one's Wife, or Mother, or Son, or Father do, whom he does not see at Church; which is understood as a secret Reprimand to the Person that is absent.
Page 172 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servant to them.
Page 264 - Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me: When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...