The Spectator. ...John Bell, 1776 |
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Page 80
... affected to talk of with great indifferency ; I gave over thinking of him , being told that he was engaged with a pretty woman and a great fortune : " It vexed me a little , but not enough to make me • neglect the advice of my coufin ...
... affected to talk of with great indifferency ; I gave over thinking of him , being told that he was engaged with a pretty woman and a great fortune : " It vexed me a little , but not enough to make me • neglect the advice of my coufin ...
Page 108
... affect the imagination of cré- ⚫ated Beings . · • · It is very remarkable that this opinion of God Almighty's prefence in heaven , whether difco . vered by the light of nature , or by a general tradition from our firft parents ...
... affect the imagination of cré- ⚫ated Beings . · • · It is very remarkable that this opinion of God Almighty's prefence in heaven , whether difco . vered by the light of nature , or by a general tradition from our firft parents ...
Page 109
... affect him by ⚫ that Being who knows the inward frame of a foul , and how to pleafe and ravish it in all its moft fecret powers and faculties . It is to this majestic prefence of God , we may apply thofe beautiful expreffions in holy ...
... affect him by ⚫ that Being who knows the inward frame of a foul , and how to pleafe and ravish it in all its moft fecret powers and faculties . It is to this majestic prefence of God , we may apply thofe beautiful expreffions in holy ...
Page 110
... affected with thofe ftrains of mufic , ' which human art is capable of producing , how ' much more will it be raised and elevated by those , in which is exerted the whole power of harmony ! The fenfes are faculties of the human foul ...
... affected with thofe ftrains of mufic , ' which human art is capable of producing , how ' much more will it be raised and elevated by those , in which is exerted the whole power of harmony ! The fenfes are faculties of the human foul ...
Page 127
... affected with the profpect of her green valleys , than thou wouldest be with the fight of her perfon ? The lowings of my herds , and the bleatings of my ftocks , make a pleafant echo in thy mountains , and found fweetly in thy ears ...
... affected with the profpect of her green valleys , than thou wouldest be with the fight of her perfon ? The lowings of my herds , and the bleatings of my ftocks , make a pleafant echo in thy mountains , and found fweetly in thy ears ...
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