The New spectator, with the sage opinions of John Bull, Issues 1-251784 |
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... be derived all the advantages generally supposed peculiar to more voluminous productions . IN fupport of this observation , it seems unneceffary to mention the SPECTATOR as the moft moft convincing proof of its propriety . To that paper.
... be derived all the advantages generally supposed peculiar to more voluminous productions . IN fupport of this observation , it seems unneceffary to mention the SPECTATOR as the moft moft convincing proof of its propriety . To that paper.
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... seems were the common packhorses and machines for conveyance in these . remote regions . REJOICED at finding ourselves in fuch excellent company , as well as in the profpect of making aerostatic discoveries beyond any thing known in our ...
... seems were the common packhorses and machines for conveyance in these . remote regions . REJOICED at finding ourselves in fuch excellent company , as well as in the profpect of making aerostatic discoveries beyond any thing known in our ...
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... seems to have gained poffeffion of the head only ; whilft the heart remains exposed to the rude attacks of paffion . Ir would , however , have been unfortunate indeed , if the united labours of our sentimental writers had not effected ...
... seems to have gained poffeffion of the head only ; whilft the heart remains exposed to the rude attacks of paffion . Ir would , however , have been unfortunate indeed , if the united labours of our sentimental writers had not effected ...
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... seems , to eclipse the Perdita herself in the noto- riety of their behaviour . Of the fame Perdita , the Black Crow , the White Swan , and the reft of the fifterhood , who are ambitious of popularity in infamy , little has been lately ...
... seems , to eclipse the Perdita herself in the noto- riety of their behaviour . Of the fame Perdita , the Black Crow , the White Swan , and the reft of the fifterhood , who are ambitious of popularity in infamy , little has been lately ...
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... seem to be any thing less understood than politeness , or that attention to the ease and pleasure of others , by which people of refined manners wish to be distinguished . And it is remarkable that the pofthumous docu ments of a late ...
... seem to be any thing less understood than politeness , or that attention to the ease and pleasure of others , by which people of refined manners wish to be distinguished . And it is remarkable that the pofthumous docu ments of a late ...
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Page 8 - Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition : By that sin fell the angels; how can man, then, The image of his Maker, hope to win by it ? Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee ; Corruption wins not more than honesty.
Page 3 - My love is dead, Gone to his death-bed All under the willow tree. Black his hair as the winter night, White his skin as the summer snow, Red his face as the morning light; Cold he lies in the grave below. My love is dead, Gone to his death-bed, All under the willow-tree.
Page 8 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Page 7 - And Abraham arose, and went forth into the wilderness, and sought diligently for the man, and found him, and returned with him to the tent ; and when he had entreated him kindly, he sent him away on the morrow with gifts.
Page 6 - Townshend, for ever on the rack of exertion, but rather lightened upon the subject, and reached the point by the flashings of the mind, which, like those of his eye, were felt but could not be followed. Upon the whole, there was in this man something that could create, subvert, or reform...
Page 6 - Abraham arose and met him, and said unto him, Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night ; and thou shalt arise early in the morning, and go on thy way. And the man said, Nay ; for I will abide under this tree.
Page 4 - ... which are the overflowings of faculties they never enjoyed. Perfectly unconfcious that they are indebted to their ftupidity for the confiftency of their conduct, they plume themfelves on an imaginary virtue, which has its origin in what is really their difgrace. — Let fuch, if fuch dare approach the...
Page 4 - The beauty of women is considerably owing to their weakness or delicacy, and is even enhanced by their timidity, . a quality of mind analogous to it.
Page 3 - The envied lot of wealth denies ; If doom'd to drag life's painful load Through Poverty's uneven road, And, for the due bread of the day...
Page 6 - a man bent with age, coming from the way of the wildernefs leaning on a ftaff.