The Spectator, Volume 2Tonson, 1729 |
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... Some to undo , and some to be undone ; One I fay , when I behold this vaft Variety of Perfons and Humours , with the Pains they both take for the Accom- plishment of the Ends mentioned in the above Verfes of Denham , I cannot much ...
... Some to undo , and some to be undone ; One I fay , when I behold this vaft Variety of Perfons and Humours , with the Pains they both take for the Accom- plishment of the Ends mentioned in the above Verfes of Denham , I cannot much ...
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... SOME of our moft eminent Divines have made use of this Platonick Notion , fo far as it regards the Subfi- ftence of our Paffions after Death , with great Beauty and Strength of Reason . Plato indeed carries the Thought very far , when ...
... SOME of our moft eminent Divines have made use of this Platonick Notion , fo far as it regards the Subfi- ftence of our Paffions after Death , with great Beauty and Strength of Reason . Plato indeed carries the Thought very far , when ...
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... Some eminent Hiftorian may then probably arife that will not write recentibus odiis ( as Tacitus expreffes it ) with the Paffions and Prejudices of a contemporary Author , but make an impartial Diftribution of Fame among the Great Men ...
... Some eminent Hiftorian may then probably arife that will not write recentibus odiis ( as Tacitus expreffes it ) with the Paffions and Prejudices of a contemporary Author , but make an impartial Diftribution of Fame among the Great Men ...
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... Some of them could not refrain from Tears at the Sight of their old Mafter ; every one of them prefs'd for- ward to do fomething for him , and feemed difcouraged if they were not employed . At the fame time the good old Knight , with a ...
... Some of them could not refrain from Tears at the Sight of their old Mafter ; every one of them prefs'd for- ward to do fomething for him , and feemed difcouraged if they were not employed . At the fame time the good old Knight , with a ...
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as is abfolutely neceffary for the leaving a Pofterity . Some Creatures caft their Eggs as Chance directs them , and think of them no farther , as Infects and feveral Kinds of Fish ; Others of a nicer Frame , find out proper Beds to ...
as is abfolutely neceffary for the leaving a Pofterity . Some Creatures caft their Eggs as Chance directs them , and think of them no farther , as Infects and feveral Kinds of Fish ; Others of a nicer Frame , find out proper Beds to ...
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Page 286 - I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.
Page 289 - 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.
Page 110 - ... subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being. Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week, not only as it refreshes in their minds the notions of religion, but as it puts both the sexes upon appearing in their most agreeable forms, and exerting all such qualities as are apt to give them a figure in the eye of the village.
Page 112 - 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...
Page 153 - Upon his first rising the court was hushed, and a general whisper ran among the country people, that Sir Roger < was up. ' The speech he made was so little to the purpose, that I shall not trouble my readers with an account of it; and I believe was not so much designed by the knight himself to inform the court, as to give him a figure in my eye, and keep up his credit in the country.
Page 112 - ... dazzled with riches, that they pay as much deference to the understanding of a man of an estate as of a man of learning...
Page 110 - It is certain the country people would soon degenerate into a kind of savages and barbarians, were there not such frequent returns of a stated time in which the whole village meet together with their best faces and in their cleanliest habits to converse with one another upon indifferent subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the supreme Being.
Page 96 - ... he is every day soliciting me for something in behalf of one or other of my tenants his parishioners. There has not been a lawsuit in the parish since he has lived among them ; if any dispute arises they apply themselves to him for the decision ; if they do not acquiesce in his judgment, which I think never happened above once or twice at most, they appeal to me.
Page 286 - 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...
Page 101 - Country, and is very famous for finding out a Hare. He is extremely well versed in all the little Handicrafts of an idle Man: He makes a May-fly to a Miracle ; and furnishes the whole Country with Angle-Rods.