The Beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians: Connected and Digested Under Alphabetical Heads, Band 2J. Bumstead, 1801 |
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... others . There is , faid he , a remarkable example of that kind : Efchines , a famous orator . of antiquity , had pleaded at Athens in a great cause against Demofthenes ; but having loft it , retired to Rhedes . Eloquence.
... others . There is , faid he , a remarkable example of that kind : Efchines , a famous orator . of antiquity , had pleaded at Athens in a great cause against Demofthenes ; but having loft it , retired to Rhedes . Eloquence.
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... faid he , thus touched with hearing only what that great orator faid , how would you have been affec- ted had you feen him fpeak ? For he who hears De- mofthenes only , lofes much the better part of that ora- tion . Certain it is , that ...
... faid he , thus touched with hearing only what that great orator faid , how would you have been affec- ted had you feen him fpeak ? For he who hears De- mofthenes only , lofes much the better part of that ora- tion . Certain it is , that ...
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... faid to have been written in king Charles II's reign by the ambaffador of Bantam , a lit- tle after his arrival in England .. Mafter , THE HE people , where I now am , have tongues far- ther from their hearts than from London to Bantam ...
... faid to have been written in king Charles II's reign by the ambaffador of Bantam , a lit- tle after his arrival in England .. Mafter , THE HE people , where I now am , have tongues far- ther from their hearts than from London to Bantam ...
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... faid , That he could furnish you with a catalogue of English books , that would coft you an hundred pounds at firft hand , wherein you could not find ten lines together of com- mon grammar ; which is a neceffary confequence of ...
... faid , That he could furnish you with a catalogue of English books , that would coft you an hundred pounds at firft hand , wherein you could not find ten lines together of com- mon grammar ; which is a neceffary confequence of ...
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... faid he , I am nephew to a gentleman of a very great eftate , to whose favour I have a coufin that has equal pretenfions with myfelf . This kinfman of mine is a young man of the highest merit imaginable , and has a mind fo ten- der and ...
... faid he , I am nephew to a gentleman of a very great eftate , to whose favour I have a coufin that has equal pretenfions with myfelf . This kinfman of mine is a young man of the highest merit imaginable , and has a mind fo ten- der and ...
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actions anfwer arifes beauty becauſe befides cafe confequence confider confideration confifts converfation defign defire difcourfe difcovered divine endeavour eternity exiftence exprefs eyes faculties faid fame fatire fatisfaction fecret feems felf fenfe fenfible fent feve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft fome fomething fometimes foon foul fpeak fpirit ftand ftate ftill ftory ftrength fubject fuch fuffer fuperior fure give good-nature greateſt happineſs happy hath heart himſelf honour human humour huſband imagination impoffible inftances itſelf juft kind laft lefs live loft look mankind mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferve occafion ourſelves paffage paffions pafs perfection perfon pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent preferve raiſed reafon reft reprefented Rhadamanthus ſpeak SPECTATOR TATLER thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion underſtanding uſeful virtue whofe wife wiſdom words
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Seite 32 - 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...
Seite 233 - And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
Seite 146 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Seite 218 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Seite 122 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?
Seite 232 - Lord, my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father; and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
Seite 338 - Dutch, whom we are apt to despise for want of genius, show an infinitely greater taste of antiquity and politeness in their buildings and works of this nature, than what we meet with in those of our own country.
Seite 34 - I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands...
Seite 219 - ... uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules: within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married.
Seite 35 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.