The Spectator, Band 3W. Wilson, 1778 |
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... set of articles which they fo violently oppofe ? Let me therefore advise this genera- tion of wranglers , for their own and for the public good , to act at leaft fo confiftently with themselves , as not to burn with zeal for irreligion ...
... set of articles which they fo violently oppofe ? Let me therefore advise this genera- tion of wranglers , for their own and for the public good , to act at leaft fo confiftently with themselves , as not to burn with zeal for irreligion ...
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... set of impertinent coxcombs , who vifit the apartments of us women of the town , only , as they call it , to fee the world . I ⚫ must confess to you , this to men of delicacy night have an effect to cure them ; but as they are ftupid ...
... set of impertinent coxcombs , who vifit the apartments of us women of the town , only , as they call it , to fee the world . I ⚫ must confess to you , this to men of delicacy night have an effect to cure them ; but as they are ftupid ...
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... set it up as a fcare - crow ; by which means I do not only make an example of the perfon to whom it belongs , but give warning to all her majefty's fubjects , that they may not fuffer by it . Thus , to change the allufion , I have ...
... set it up as a fcare - crow ; by which means I do not only make an example of the perfon to whom it belongs , but give warning to all her majefty's fubjects , that they may not fuffer by it . Thus , to change the allufion , I have ...
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... set of men who are much more the objects of compaffion than even thofe , and these are the dependents on great men , whom they are pleased to take under their protection as fuch as are to fhare in their friendship and favour . Thefe ...
... set of men who are much more the objects of compaffion than even thofe , and these are the dependents on great men , whom they are pleased to take under their protection as fuch as are to fhare in their friendship and favour . Thefe ...
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... sets them at work in their proper times and places , and turns them to the advantage of the perfon who is poffeffed of them . Without it learning is pedantry , and wit imper- tinence ; virtue itself looks like weakness ; the best parts ...
... sets them at work in their proper times and places , and turns them to the advantage of the perfon who is poffeffed of them . Without it learning is pedantry , and wit imper- tinence ; virtue itself looks like weakness ; the best parts ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 68 - I would have every zealous man examine his heart thoroughly; and I believe he will often find, that what he calls a zeal for his religion, is either pride, interest, or ill-nature.
Seite 183 - ... human figure ; sometimes we see the man appearing distinctly in all his limbs and features, sometimes we find the figure wrought up to a great elegancy, but seldom meet with any to which the hand of a Phidias or Praxiteles could not give several nice touches and finishings.
Seite 197 - This was he whom we had sometimes in derision and a proverb of reproach ; We fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without honour : How is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints...
Seite 218 - Athenians, with what wonderful art are almost all the different tempers of mankind represented in that elegant audience? You see one credulous of all that is said; another wrapt up in deep suspense; another saying, there is some reason in what he says; another angry that the apostle destroys a favourite opinion which he is unwilling to give up; another wholly convinced, and holding out his hands in rapture; while the generality attend, and wait for the opinion of those who are of leading characters...
Seite 207 - A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Seite 41 - If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep...
Seite 213 - There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both. The great difference is, that the first knows how to pick and cull his thoughts for conversation, by suppressing some, and communicating others ; whereas the other lets them all indifferently fly out in words.
Seite 89 - I have been told of a certain zealous dissenter, who being a great enemy to popery, and believing that bad men are the most fortunate in this world, will lay two to one on the number 666 against any other number, because, says he, it is the number of the beast.
Seite 104 - It is said of Diogenes, that meeting a young man who was going to a feast, he took him up in the street and carried him home to his friends, as one who was running into imminent danger, had not he prevented him...
Seite 213 - When these have pointed out to us which course we may lawfully steer, it is no harm to set out all our sail; if the storms and tempests of adversity should rise upon us, and not suffer us to make the haven where we would be, it will however prove no small consolation to us in these circumstances, that we have neither mistaken our course, nor fallen into calamities of our own procuring. Religion therefore (were we to...