The Spectator, Volume 4George Gregory Smith J.M. Dent & Company, 1898 |
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... Virtues . Dec , 24 , 1711 , We may further observe , that such a Man will be more grieved for the Loss of Fame , than he could have been pleased with the Enjoyment of it For tho ' the Presence of this imaginary Good cannot make us happy ...
... Virtues . Dec , 24 , 1711 , We may further observe , that such a Man will be more grieved for the Loss of Fame , than he could have been pleased with the Enjoyment of it For tho ' the Presence of this imaginary Good cannot make us happy ...
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... Virtues which want an Opportunity of exerting and shewing them selves in Actions . Every Virtue requires Time and Place , a proper Object and a fit Conjuncture of Cir cumstances , for the due Exercise of it . A State of Poverty obscures ...
... Virtues which want an Opportunity of exerting and shewing them selves in Actions . Every Virtue requires Time and Place , a proper Object and a fit Conjuncture of Cir cumstances , for the due Exercise of it . A State of Poverty obscures ...
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... Virtues , and can only shew us what Habits are in the Soul , without discovering the Degree and Perfection of such ... Virtue in the Soul , and keeps a watchful Eye over it in all its Progress , ' till it has received every Grace it is ...
... Virtues , and can only shew us what Habits are in the Soul , without discovering the Degree and Perfection of such ... Virtue in the Soul , and keeps a watchful Eye over it in all its Progress , ' till it has received every Grace it is ...
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... Virtue . No , 262 , [ ADDISON . ] I Monday , December 31 , Nulla venenato littera mista joco est.-Ov. THINK my self highly obliged to the Publick for their kind Acceptance of a Paper which visits them every Morning , and has in it none ...
... Virtue . No , 262 , [ ADDISON . ] I Monday , December 31 , Nulla venenato littera mista joco est.-Ov. THINK my self highly obliged to the Publick for their kind Acceptance of a Paper which visits them every Morning , and has in it none ...
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... Virtue to their Fame and Reputation . No Man is so sunk in Vice and Ignorance , but there are still some hidden Seeds of Goodness and Knowledge in him ; which give him a Relish of such Reflections and Specu lations as have an Aptness to ...
... Virtue to their Fame and Reputation . No Man is so sunk in Vice and Ignorance , but there are still some hidden Seeds of Goodness and Knowledge in him ; which give him a Relish of such Reflections and Specu lations as have an Aptness to ...
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Page 200 - to descry new Lands, Rivers or Mountains on her spotted Globe, His Spear to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian Hills to be the Mast Of some great Ammirai, were but a wand He walk'd with to support uneasy Steps Over the burning Marl -His pondrous Shield To which we may add his Call to the fallen
Page 198 - all our woe, With loss of Eden, 'till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse These Lines are perhaps as plain, simple and un/ adorned as any of the whole Poem, in which Particular the Author has
Page 282 - of Discord celebrated by Longinus, or to that of Fame in Virgil, who are both represented with their Feet] standing upon the Earth, and their Heads reaching above the Clouds, While thus he spake, th' Angelic Squadron bright Turn'd fiery red, sharpning in mooned Horns Their Phalanx, and began to hem him round With ported Spears,
Page 227 - when to meet the Noise Of his almighty Engine he shall hear Infernal^ Thunder, and for Lightning see Black fire and horror shot with equal rage Among his Angels / and his Throne it self Mixt with Tartarean Sulphur, and strange Fire, His own invented Torments His preferring Annihilation to Shame or Misery, is also highly suitable to his Character
Page 201 - they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his Peers ; Attention held them mute, Thrice he assay'd, and thrice in spite of Scorn Tears such as Angels weep, burst forth He
Page 284 - O thou for whom And from whom I was form'd, Flesh of thy Flesh, And without whom am to no end, my Guide And Head, what thou hast said is just and right, For we to him indeed all Praises owe. And daily Thanks, I chiefly who enjoy So far the happier Lot, enjoying thee Preeminent by so much odds
Page 146 - Chapter of Genesis, And all the Days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty Years> and he died/ and all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve Years> and he died / and all the Days
Page 230 - in the following Lines, Others with vast Typhaean Rage more fell Rend up both Rocks and Hills and ride the Air In Whirlwind} Hell scarce holds the wild uproar, Their Musick is employed in celebrating their own criminal Exploits, and their Discourse in
Page 203 - Pandaemonium / Anon out of the Earth a Fabrick huge Rose like an Exhalation, with the Sound Of dulcet Symphonies and Voices sweet The artificial Illuminations made in it -From the arched Roof Pendent by subtle
Page 203 - and to confirm his Words out flew Millions of flaming Swords, drawn from the Thighs Of mighty Cherubim} the sudden Blaze Far round illumin'd Hell, The sudden Production of the Pandaemonium / Anon out of the Earth a