The Spectator, Band 4William Durell and Company, 1810 |
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... What makes the love of popular or general praise still more ridiculous is , that it is usually given for circumstances which are foreign to the persons " X admired . Thus they are the ordinary attendants on power No. 188 . 9 THE SPECTATOR .
... What makes the love of popular or general praise still more ridiculous is , that it is usually given for circumstances which are foreign to the persons " X admired . Thus they are the ordinary attendants on power No. 188 . 9 THE SPECTATOR .
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... circumstances , whether he would starve sooner than violate his neutrality to the two bundles of hay , I shall not presume to determine ; but only take no- tice of the conduct of our own species in the same perplexity . When a man has a ...
... circumstances , whether he would starve sooner than violate his neutrality to the two bundles of hay , I shall not presume to determine ; but only take no- tice of the conduct of our own species in the same perplexity . When a man has a ...
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... circumstance of courtship . I do not know any thing that I ever thought so very distasteful as the affectation which is recorded of Cæsar , to wit , that he would dictate to three several writers at the same time . This was an ambition ...
... circumstance of courtship . I do not know any thing that I ever thought so very distasteful as the affectation which is recorded of Cæsar , to wit , that he would dictate to three several writers at the same time . This was an ambition ...
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... circumstance , but it is miserable with this aggravation , that it might be easily mended , and yet no remedy endeavored.— She reads you , and there is a phrase or two in this letter which she will know came from me . If we en- ter into ...
... circumstance , but it is miserable with this aggravation , that it might be easily mended , and yet no remedy endeavored.— She reads you , and there is a phrase or two in this letter which she will know came from me . If we en- ter into ...
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... to you , Mr. Spectator , is , that you would speak of the way of life which plain men may pur- sue to fill up the spaces of time with satisfaction . It is a lamentable circumstance , that wisdom , or , 44 No. 196 . THE SPECTATOR .
... to you , Mr. Spectator , is , that you would speak of the way of life which plain men may pur- sue to fill up the spaces of time with satisfaction . It is a lamentable circumstance , that wisdom , or , 44 No. 196 . THE SPECTATOR .
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acquaintance actions ADDISON admired agreeable Alcibiades ambition appear Aristotle Arsinoë beautiful behavior Castilian character CHARLES DIEUPART Colley Cibber consider conversation creature desire discourse endeavor entertain esteem eye of Providence fame father female fortune gentleman give happiness heart honor hope Hudibras human humble servant humor husband Hyæna imagination JOHN HUGHES kind lady leap letter live look lover lover's leap mankind manner means merit mind nature neral never obliged observe occasion October 30 opinion ourselves OVID paper particular passion perfection person pleased pleasure poet poetry praise pray present proper racter reader reason received renegado reputation Sappho secret sense shew sion Socrates soul Spectator speculation STEELE Tatler tell temning temper thing thought tion town VIRG virtue virtuous whole wife woman women word write young
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Seite 304 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Seite 287 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Seite 164 - A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything 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 275 - It has been said in the praise of some men, that they could talk whole hours together upon any thing ; but it must be owned to the honour of the other sex, that there are many among them who can talk whole hours together upon nothing.
Seite 295 - I am always pleased with that particular time of the year which is proper for the pickling of dill and cucumbers; but, alas! this cry, like the song of the nightingale, is not heard above two months. It would therefore be worth while to consider, whether the same air might not in some cases be adapted to other words.
Seite 133 - Education, after the same manner, when it works upon a noble mind, draws out to view every latent virtue and perfection, which, without such helps, are never able to make their appearance.
Seite 287 - And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And, if I give thee honor due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Seite 304 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Seite 231 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate— Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute — And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Seite 286 - Dame, as Waller has translated it, and is represented by Horace as the goddess who delights in laughter. Milton, in a joyous assembly of imaginary persons, has given us a very poetical figure of laughter. His whole band of mirth is so finely described, that I shall set down the passage at length.