The Spectator, Том 6J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
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... believe , from feveral angry letters which have been fent to me by difapointed lovers , that my advice has been of very fignal fervice to the fair fex , who , according to the old proverb , were Forewarn'd forearm'd . One of these ...
... believe , from feveral angry letters which have been fent to me by difapointed lovers , that my advice has been of very fignal fervice to the fair fex , who , according to the old proverb , were Forewarn'd forearm'd . One of these ...
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... believe he is more vir- tuous than he really is , and either not attend to his vices , or mistake even his vices for virtues . It is this fatal hypocrify , and felf - deceit , which is taken notice of in thofe words , Who can understand ...
... believe he is more vir- tuous than he really is , and either not attend to his vices , or mistake even his vices for virtues . It is this fatal hypocrify , and felf - deceit , which is taken notice of in thofe words , Who can understand ...
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... believe himself not incapable of being beloved . Our fortunes indeed , weighed in the nice fcale of intereft , are not exactly equal , which by the way was the true caufe of my jilting him , and I had the affurance to acquaint him with ...
... believe himself not incapable of being beloved . Our fortunes indeed , weighed in the nice fcale of intereft , are not exactly equal , which by the way was the true caufe of my jilting him , and I had the affurance to acquaint him with ...
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... believe were in high repute among the courts of the eastern monarchs , were nothing elfe but pfalms and pieces of poetry that adored or celebrated the Su- preme Being . The greateft conquerer in this holy na- tion , after the manner of ...
... believe were in high repute among the courts of the eastern monarchs , were nothing elfe but pfalms and pieces of poetry that adored or celebrated the Su- preme Being . The greateft conquerer in this holy na- tion , after the manner of ...
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... believe fuch as have a natural bent to folitude , are like waters which may be forced into ⚫ fountains , and exalted to a great height , may make a • much nobler figure , and a much louder noife , but after all run more fmoothly ...
... believe fuch as have a natural bent to folitude , are like waters which may be forced into ⚫ fountains , and exalted to a great height , may make a • much nobler figure , and a much louder noife , but after all run more fmoothly ...
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Стр. 66 - On the contrary, a spacious horizon is an image of liberty, where the eye has room to range abroad, to expatiate at large on the immensity of its views, and to lose itself amidst the variety of objects that offer themselves to its observation. Such wide and undetermined prospects are as pleasing to the fancy as the speculations of eternity or infinitude are to the understanding.
Стр. 298 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Стр. 14 - I rightly conceived your meaning ; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty, perform your command. " But let not your grace ever imagine that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault, where not so much as a thought thereof preceded.
Стр. 86 - But this is certain, that a noble writer should be born with this faculty in its full strength and vigour, so as to be able to receive lively ideas from outward objects, to retain them long, and to range them together, upon occasion, in such figures and representations, as are most likely to hit the fancy of the reader.
Стр. 220 - Every blessing we enjoy, by what means soever it may be derived upon us, is the gift of Him who is the great Author of Good, and Father of Mercies.
Стр. 71 - He has annexed a secret pleasure to the idea of any thing that is new or uncommon, that he might encourage us in the pursuit after knowledge, and engage us to search into the wonders of his creation ; for every new idea brings such a pleasure along with it as rewards any pains we have taken in its acquisition, and consequently serves as a motive to put us upon fresh discoveries.
Стр. 15 - Grace may be freed from an open censure, and mine offence being so lawfully proved, your Grace is at liberty, both before God and man, not only to execute worthy punishment on me as an unlawful wife, but to follow your affection, already...
Стр. 15 - ... of mine enemies, withdraw your princely favour from me; neither let that stain, that unworthy stain of a disloyal heart towards your good grace, ever cast so foul a blot on your most dutiful wife, and the infant princess your daughter.
Стр. 69 - There is a second kind of beauty that we find in the several products of art and nature, which does not work in the imagination with that warmth and violence as the beauty that appears in our proper species, but is apt however to raise in us a secret delight, and a kind of fondness for the places or objects in which we discover it.
Стр. 66 - The mind of man naturally hates every thing that looks like a restraint upon it...