The Spectator, Volume 5George Atherton Aitken Longmans, Green, & Company, 1898 |
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... appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come , and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; the fig - tree putteth forth her green figs , and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell . Arise , my love ...
... appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come , and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; the fig - tree putteth forth her green figs , and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell . Arise , my love ...
Page 39
... appear , she prudently thinks it needless to be at any expense in apparel or learning . Her eldest daughter to this day would have neither read nor writ if it had not been for the butler , who , being the son of a country attorney , has ...
... appear , she prudently thinks it needless to be at any expense in apparel or learning . Her eldest daughter to this day would have neither read nor writ if it had not been for the butler , who , being the son of a country attorney , has ...
Page 40
... appears to be but too melancholy a truth . And now I heartily wish the relation I have given of my misfortunes may be of use and benefit to the public . By the example I have set before them , the truly virtuous wives may learn to avoid ...
... appears to be but too melancholy a truth . And now I heartily wish the relation I have given of my misfortunes may be of use and benefit to the public . By the example I have set before them , the truly virtuous wives may learn to avoid ...
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... have been in 1 The Visions ' of Francisco Gomez de Quevedo Villegas were translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange , the fifth edition appearing in 1673 .. Queen Mary's days , as the curious reader may find No. 331 57 The SPECTATOR.
... have been in 1 The Visions ' of Francisco Gomez de Quevedo Villegas were translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange , the fifth edition appearing in 1673 .. Queen Mary's days , as the curious reader may find No. 331 57 The SPECTATOR.
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... appear the more terrible . I find but few beards worth taking notice of in the reign of King James the First . During the civil wars there appeared one , which makes too great a figure in story to be passed over in silence ; I mean that ...
... appear the more terrible . I find but few beards worth taking notice of in the reign of King James the First . During the civil wars there appeared one , which makes too great a figure in story to be passed over in silence ; I mean that ...
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Page 212 - O! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine; Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Page 21 - Pure as the expanse of Heav'n. I thither went With unexperienced thought, and laid me down On the green bank, to look into the clear Smooth lake, that to me seem'd another sky. As I bent down to look, just opposite A shape within the watery gleam appear'd, Bending to look on me. I started back; It started back: but pleased I soon returned; Pleased it returned as soon with answering looks Of sympathy and love.
Page 231 - Must I thus leave thee, Paradise ? ' thus leave " Thee, native soil! these happy walks and shades, " Fit haunt of gods? where I had hope to spend " Quiet, though sad, the respite of that day " That must be mortal to us both.
Page 132 - Before the Angel, and of him to ask Chose rather; he, she knew, would intermix Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal caresses: from his lip Not words alone pleased her.
Page 167 - Should God create another Eve, and I Another rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart : no, no ! I feel The link of nature draw me : flesh of flesh, Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.
Page 306 - Then palaces shall rise : the joyful son Shall finish what his short-lived sire begun ; Their vines a shadow to their race shall yield, And the same hand that sow'd shall reap the field. The swain in barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring and sudden verdure rise ; And starts, amidst the thirsty wilds, to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear.
Page 317 - Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind , and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
Page 307 - See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day...
Page 305 - From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade. All crimes shall cease, and ancient fraud shall fail ; Returning Justice lift aloft her scale ; Peace o'er the world her olive wand extend, And white-robed Innocence from heaven descend.
Page 266 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand ; the gate With dreadful faces thronged, and fiery arms.