The Spectator: In Eight Volumes. : Vol. I[-VIII].Angier March., 1803 - English literature |
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... shew myself . I gratify the vanity of all who pretend to make an appearance , and have often as kind looks from well - dressed gentle- men and ladies , as a poet would bestow upon one of his audience . There are so many gratifications ...
... shew myself . I gratify the vanity of all who pretend to make an appearance , and have often as kind looks from well - dressed gentle- men and ladies , as a poet would bestow upon one of his audience . There are so many gratifications ...
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... shew there is nothing in this , if we look into the writings of the old Italians , such as Cice- ro and Virgil , we shall find that the English writers , in their way of thinking and expressing themselves , resemble those authors much ...
... shew there is nothing in this , if we look into the writings of the old Italians , such as Cice- ro and Virgil , we shall find that the English writers , in their way of thinking and expressing themselves , resemble those authors much ...
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... shew their faces by consent . Whispers , squeezes , nods , and embraces , are the innocent free- ' doms of the place . In short , the whole design of this ' libidinous assembly seems to terminate in assigna- tions and intrigues ; and I ...
... shew their faces by consent . Whispers , squeezes , nods , and embraces , are the innocent free- ' doms of the place . In short , the whole design of this ' libidinous assembly seems to terminate in assigna- tions and intrigues ; and I ...
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... shew a hundred 66 men killed by lions , for one lion killed by a man . " You men are writers , and can represent us women as unbecoming as you please in your works , while we are unable to return the injury . You have twice or thrice ...
... shew a hundred 66 men killed by lions , for one lion killed by a man . " You men are writers , and can represent us women as unbecoming as you please in your works , while we are unable to return the injury . You have twice or thrice ...
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... shew him where to lie down in safety , and sleep amidst the falls of waters , and melody of nightingales . Her part was to watch and hold him awake in her arms , for fear of her countrymen ; and awake him on occasions to con- 52 THE ...
... shew him where to lie down in safety , and sleep amidst the falls of waters , and melody of nightingales . Her part was to watch and hold him awake in her arms , for fear of her countrymen ; and awake him on occasions to con- 52 THE ...
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Page 58 - ... men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Page 324 - With that there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart, A deep and deadly blow ; Who never spoke more words than these : Fight on, my merry men all ; For why, my life is at an end, Lord Percy sees my fall.
Page 8 - The first of our society is a gentleman of Worcestershire, of ancient descent, a baronet, his name Sir Roger de Coverley". His great-grandfather was inventor of that famous country-dance" which is called after him. All who know ' that shire are very well acquainted with the parts and merits of Sir Roger. He is a gentleman that is very singular in his behaviour, but his singularities proceed from his good sense, and are contradictions to the manners of the world only as he thinks the world is in the...
Page 70 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise : it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
Page 6 - I am very well versed in the theory of a husband, or a father, and can discern the errors in the oeconomy, business., and diversion of others, better than those who are engaged in them; as standers-by discover blots, which are apt to escape those who are in the game.
Page xviii - ... truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character "above all Greek, above all Roman fame.
Page 318 - Our ships are laden with the harvest of every climate; our tables are stored with spices and oils and wines; our rooms are filled with pyramids of china, and adorned with the workmanship of Japan; our morning's draught comes to us from the remotest corners of the earth; we repair our bodies by the drugs of America, and repose ourselves under Indian canopies. My friend Sir Andrew calls the vineyards of France our gardens; the Spice Islands our hotbeds; the Persians our silkweavers; and the Chinese...
Page 196 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
Page 4 - I had not been long at the university before I distinguished myself by a most profound silence ; for during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred words ; and indeed do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life.
Page 116 - ... and enemies, priests and soldiers, monks and prebendaries, were crumbled amongst one another, and blended together in the same common mass ; how beauty, strength, and youth, with old age, weakness, and deformity, lay undistinguished in the same promiscuous heap of matter. After having thus surveyed this great magazine of mortality, as it were, in the lump ; I examined it more particularly by the accounts which I found on several of the monuments...