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... figure of Sir Roger , " says Prof. Courthope , " though it belongs to a bygone stage of society , is as durable as human nature itself , and while the language lasts the exquisite beauty of the colours in which it is preserved will ...
... figure of Sir Roger , " says Prof. Courthope , " though it belongs to a bygone stage of society , is as durable as human nature itself , and while the language lasts the exquisite beauty of the colours in which it is preserved will ...
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... figures neither divert by distortion nor amaze by aggravation . He copies life with so much fidelity that he can be hardly said to invent ; yet his exhibitions have an air so much original , that it is difficult to suppose them not ...
... figures neither divert by distortion nor amaze by aggravation . He copies life with so much fidelity that he can be hardly said to invent ; yet his exhibitions have an air so much original , that it is difficult to suppose them not ...
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... figure she made in her own shadow . Upon her nearer approach to Hercules , she stepped before the other lady , ( who came forward with a regular , composed carriage , ) and running up to him , accosted him after the following manner ...
... figure she made in her own shadow . Upon her nearer approach to Hercules , she stepped before the other lady , ( who came forward with a regular , composed carriage , ) and running up to him , accosted him after the following manner ...
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... , as con- taining in them the chief arguments for a life of virtue , or a life of pleasure , that could enter into the thoughts of an heathen ; but am particularly pleased with the different figures 4 ESSAYS FROM ADDISON .
... , as con- taining in them the chief arguments for a life of virtue , or a life of pleasure , that could enter into the thoughts of an heathen ; but am particularly pleased with the different figures 4 ESSAYS FROM ADDISON .
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Joseph Addison John Henry Fowler. heathen ; but am particularly pleased with the different figures he gives the two goddesses . Our modern authors have represented Pleasure or Vice with an alluring face , but ending in snakes and ...
Joseph Addison John Henry Fowler. heathen ; but am particularly pleased with the different figures he gives the two goddesses . Our modern authors have represented Pleasure or Vice with an alluring face , but ending in snakes and ...
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Page 68 - The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred.
Page 67 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Page 68 - But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
Page 82 - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
Page 60 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself or sends his servants to them.
Page 78 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Page 70 - I could discover nothing in it: but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.
Page 61 - I was yesterday very much surprised to hear my old friend, in the midst of the service, calling out to one John Matthews to mind what he was about, and not disturb the congregation. This John Matthews it seems is remarkable for being an idle fellow, and at that time was kicking his heels for his diversion.
Page 57 - I have observed in several of my papers that my friend Sir Roger, amidst all his good qualities, is something of a humorist ; and that his virtues, as well as imperfections, are, as it were, tinged by a certain extravagance which makes them particularly his, and distinguishes them from those of other men. This cast of...
Page 67 - man is but a shadow and life a dream.' Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a musical instrument in his hand.