The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and Explanatory Notes, Volume 10James Crissy, 1824 - Spectator (London, England : 1711) |
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... give her opinion freely upon a young fellow who made his addresses to her . Leonilla , to oblige her , told her with great frankness , that she looked upon him as one of the most worthless Cælia , fore- seeing what a character she was ...
... give her opinion freely upon a young fellow who made his addresses to her . Leonilla , to oblige her , told her with great frankness , that she looked upon him as one of the most worthless Cælia , fore- seeing what a character she was ...
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... give me your advice , for I know you are a wise man ; and if you advise me well , I am re- solved to follow it . I heartily wish you could see him dance ; and am , sir , your most humble ser- vant , B. D. ' He loves your Spectators ...
... give me your advice , for I know you are a wise man ; and if you advise me well , I am re- solved to follow it . I heartily wish you could see him dance ; and am , sir , your most humble ser- vant , B. D. ' He loves your Spectators ...
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... of the place : in the other your eyes command the whole prospect , and gives you such an idea of it as is not easily worn out of the memory . Irregularity and want of method are only sup- portable in No. 476 . THE SPECTATOR .
... of the place : in the other your eyes command the whole prospect , and gives you such an idea of it as is not easily worn out of the memory . Irregularity and want of method are only sup- portable in No. 476 . THE SPECTATOR .
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... gives shrewd intimations that he does not believe another world . In short , Puzzle is an atheist as much as his parts will give him leave . He has got about half a dozen commonplace to- pics , into which he never fails to turn the ...
... gives shrewd intimations that he does not believe another world . In short , Puzzle is an atheist as much as his parts will give him leave . He has got about half a dozen commonplace to- pics , into which he never fails to turn the ...
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... give it a place in my garden . By this means , when a stranger walks with me , he is surprised to see several large spots of ground covered with ten thousand different colours , and has often singled out flowers that he might have met ...
... give it a place in my garden . By this means , when a stranger walks with me , he is surprised to see several large spots of ground covered with ten thousand different colours , and has often singled out flowers that he might have met ...
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Page 209 - ... and to pay the several legacies, and the gifts of charity, which he told him he had left as quit-rents upon the estate. The captain truly seems a courteous man, though he says but little. He makes much of those whom my master loved, and shows great kindness to the old house-dog, that you know my poor master was so fond of.
Page 208 - He has bequeathed the fine white gelding that he used to ride a hunting upon, to his chaplain, because he thought he would be kind to him, and has left you all his books. He has moreover bequeathed to the chaplain a very pretty tenement with good lands about it. It being a very cold day when he made his will, he left for mourning to every man in the parish, a great frize-coat, and to every woman a black riding-hood.
Page 219 - ... from the other. There are fishes that have wings, and are not strangers to the airy region: and there are some birds that are inhabitants of the water, whose blood is cold as fishes, and their flesh so like in taste, that the scrupulous are allowed them on fish days. There are animuls so near of kin both to birds and beasts, that they are in the middle between both: amphibious animals link...
Page 72 - In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air.
Page 71 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Page 41 - As the finest wines have often the taste of the soil, so even the most religious thoughts often draw something that is particular from the constitution of the mind in which they arise. When folly or superstition...
Page 206 - WE last night received a piece of ill news at our club, which very sensibly afflicted every one of us. I question not but my readers themselves will be troubled at the hearing of it. To keep them no longer in suspense, Sir Roger de Coverley is dead. He departed this life at his house in the country, after a few weeks
Page 62 - ... of company; yet in one dream I can compose a whole comedy, behold the action, apprehend the jests, and laugh myself awake at the conceits thereof. Were my memory as faithful as my reason is then fruitful, I would never study but in my dreams; and this time also would I...
Page 216 - On the other hand, if we look into the more bulky parts of nature, we see the seas, lakes, and rivers teeming with numberless kinds of living creatures; we find every mountain and marsh, wilderness and wood plentifully stocked with birds and beasts, and every part of matter affording proper necessaries and conveniences for the livelihood of multitudes which, inhabit it. 4. The author of the Plurality of Worlds...
Page 65 - Whether such dark presages, such visions of the night proceed from any latent power in the soul during this her state of abstraction, or from any communication with the Supreme Being, or from any operation of subordinate spirits, has been a great dispute among the learned ; the matter of fact is, I think, incontestable, and has been looked upon as such by the greatest writers, who have been never suspected either of superstition or enthusiasm.