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... turn of his mind ; but a very slight accident , wherein he saw his children's good - will to one another , created in him the godlike pleasure of loving them because they loved each other . " In 1687 Addison went to Oxford . At first he ...
... turn of his mind ; but a very slight accident , wherein he saw his children's good - will to one another , created in him the godlike pleasure of loving them because they loved each other . " In 1687 Addison went to Oxford . At first he ...
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... turns and modulations . The gentle- men who fall under this denomination , are your men of the most fashionable education and refined breeding , who have learned a certain smoothness of discourse , and sprightliness of air , from the ...
... turns and modulations . The gentle- men who fall under this denomination , are your men of the most fashionable education and refined breeding , who have learned a certain smoothness of discourse , and sprightliness of air , from the ...
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... turning the face towards me , opened its mouth , and in a soft silver sound , gave me the following account of his life and adventures : " I was born ( says he ) on the side of a mountain , near a little village of Peru , and made a ...
... turning the face towards me , opened its mouth , and in a soft silver sound , gave me the following account of his life and adventures : " I was born ( says he ) on the side of a mountain , near a little village of Peru , and made a ...
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... turn of wind , the air about us began to 10 thaw . Our cabin was immediately filled with a dry clatter- ing sound , which I afterwards found to be the crackling of consonants that broke above our heads , and were often mixed with a ...
... turn of wind , the air about us began to 10 thaw . Our cabin was immediately filled with a dry clatter- ing sound , which I afterwards found to be the crackling of consonants that broke above our heads , and were often mixed with a ...
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... turn of their public monuments and inscrip- tions , they should be submitted to the perusal of men of learning and genius , before they are put in execution . Sir 10 Cloudesly Shovel's monument has very often given me great offence ...
... turn of their public monuments and inscrip- tions , they should be submitted to the perusal of men of learning and genius , before they are put in execution . Sir 10 Cloudesly Shovel's monument has very often given me great offence ...
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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.