The Spectator, Volume 1George Atherton Aitken Longmans, Green, & Company, 1898 |
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... means.'1 This is not the place to dwell upon the merits of the Tatler ; but any one who reads the Spectator with pleasure will do well to turn to the earlier periodical . There he will find most of the features of the Spectator ...
... means.'1 This is not the place to dwell upon the merits of the Tatler ; but any one who reads the Spectator with pleasure will do well to turn to the earlier periodical . There he will find most of the features of the Spectator ...
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... means I have made myself a speculative statesman , sol- dier , merchant , and artisan , without ever meddling with any practical part in life . ) I am very well versed in the theory of a husband , or a father , and can discern the ...
... means I have made myself a speculative statesman , sol- dier , merchant , and artisan , without ever meddling with any practical part in life . ) I am very well versed in the theory of a husband , or a father , and can discern the ...
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... mean an account of my name , my age , and my lodgings . I must confess I would gratify my reader in anything that is reasonable ; but as for these three particulars , though I am sensible they might tend very much to the embellishment ...
... mean an account of my name , my age , and my lodgings . I must confess I would gratify my reader in anything that is reasonable ; but as for these three particulars , though I am sensible they might tend very much to the embellishment ...
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... mean that I shall not lower but exalt the subjects I treat upon . Discourse for their entertainment is not to be ... means love , during the time of my speculations , shall be carried on with the same sincerity as any other affair of ...
... mean that I shall not lower but exalt the subjects I treat upon . Discourse for their entertainment is not to be ... means love , during the time of my speculations , shall be carried on with the same sincerity as any other affair of ...
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... means I perceived that the sparrows were to act the part of singing - birds in a delightful grove ; though upon a nearer inquiry I found the sparrows put the same trick upon the audience that Sir Martin Mar - all practised upon his ...
... means I perceived that the sparrows were to act the part of singing - birds in a delightful grove ; though upon a nearer inquiry I found the sparrows put the same trick upon the audience that Sir Martin Mar - all practised upon his ...
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Page 53 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven, to inhabit among Men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables and in CoffeeHouses.
Page 227 - Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous, and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls?
Page 3 - Europe, in which there was any thing new or strange to be seen ; nay to such a degree was my curiosity raised, that, having read the controversies of some great men concerning the antiquities of Egypt, I made a voyage to Grand Cairo on purpose to take the measure of a pyramid : and, as soon as I had set myself right in that particular, returned to my native country with great satisfaction*.
Page 10 - His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company. When he comes into a house he calls the servants by their names, and talks all the way upstairs to a visit.
Page 12 - ... of London ; a person of indefatigable industry, strong reason, and great experience. His notions of trade are noble and generous, and (as every rich man has usually some sly way of jesting, which would make no great figure were he not a rich man) he calls the sea the British Common. He is acquainted with commerce in all its parts, and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms: for true power is to be got by arts and industry. He will often argue, that if this...
Page 226 - Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
Page 11 - His familiarity with the customs, manners, actions, and writings of the ancients, makes him a very delicate observer of what occurs to him in the present world.
Page 205 - THE English writers of tragedy are possessed with a notion, that when they represent a virtuous or innocent person in distress, they ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a ridiculous doctrine in modern criticism, that they are obliged to an equal distribution of rewards and punishments, and an impartial execution of poetical justice...
Page 386 - Lo, yonder doth Earl Douglas come, His men in armour bright ; Full twenty hundred Scottish spears All marching in our sight ; All men of pleasant Teviotdale, Fast by the river Tweed...
Page 189 - The very sound of a Lady's Library gave me a great curiosity to see it ; and as it was some time before the lady came to me, I had an opportunity of turning over a great many of her books, which were ranged together in a very beautiful order. At the end of the folios (which were finely bound and gilt) were great jars of China placed one above another in a very noble piece of architecture.