The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and Explanatory Notes, Band 8J. Crissy, 1824 |
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... faces throng'd and fiery arms : Some natural tears they dropp'd , but wip'd them soon ; The world was all before them , where to choose Their place of rest , and Providence their guide . If I might presume to offer at the smallest al ...
... faces throng'd and fiery arms : Some natural tears they dropp'd , but wip'd them soon ; The world was all before them , where to choose Their place of rest , and Providence their guide . If I might presume to offer at the smallest al ...
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... faces in the dumb scene as can be expected from a man in the circumstances of being ready to perish out of fear and hunger ; he wonders throughout the whole scene very masterly , without neglecting his victu- als . 14 No. 370 . THE ...
... faces in the dumb scene as can be expected from a man in the circumstances of being ready to perish out of fear and hunger ; he wonders throughout the whole scene very masterly , without neglecting his victu- als . 14 No. 370 . THE ...
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... faces . They had no sooner placed themselves about the table , but they began to stare upon one another , not being able to imagine what had brought them together . Our English proverb says , ' Tis merry in the hall When beards wag all ...
... faces . They had no sooner placed themselves about the table , but they began to stare upon one another , not being able to imagine what had brought them together . Our English proverb says , ' Tis merry in the hall When beards wag all ...
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... faces , and observed a certain slinking way in their dropping in one after another , I had the curiosity to inquire into their characters , being the rather moved to it by their agreeing in the singularity of their dress ; and I find ...
... faces , and observed a certain slinking way in their dropping in one after another , I had the curiosity to inquire into their characters , being the rather moved to it by their agreeing in the singularity of their dress ; and I find ...
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... face with the deepest attention : her concern gave a new softness to her beauty ; and when she burst into tears , he could no longer refrain from bearing a part in her sorrow , and telling her that he too had read the letter , and was ...
... face with the deepest attention : her concern gave a new softness to her beauty ; and when she burst into tears , he could no longer refrain from bearing a part in her sorrow , and telling her that he too had read the letter , and was ...
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Seite 48 - The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead, And boys in flowery bands the tiger lead; The steer and lion at one crib shall meet, And harmless serpents lick the pilgrim's feet.
Seite 188 - tis sweet to visit first Untouch'd and virgin streams, and quench my thirst. CREECB. Ouu sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses: it fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Seite 9 - They hand in hand with wand'ring steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Seite 7 - Which he hath sent propitious some great good Presaging, since, with sorrow and heart's distress Wearied, I fell asleep : but now lead on ; In me is no delay ; with thee to go Is to stay here ; without thee here to stay Is to go hence unwilling ; thou to me Art all things under heaven, all places thou. Who for my wilful crime art banish'd hence This further consolation yet secure I carry hence ; though all by me is lost, Such favour I unworthy am vouchsafed, By me the promised Seed shall all restore.
Seite 189 - We cannot indeed have a single image in the fancy that did not make its first entrance through the sight; but we have the power of retaining, altering, and compounding those images, which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision...
Seite 128 - Boleyn ; with which name and place I could willingly have contented myself, if God and your grace's pleasure had been so pleased. Neither did I at any time so...
Seite 129 - ... 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.
Seite 7 - Risen from a river o'er the marish glides, And gathers ground fast at the labourer's heel Homeward returning. High in front...
Seite 206 - Our British Gardeners, on the contrary, instead of humouring Nature, love to deviate from it as much as possible, Our Trees rise in Cones, Globes, and Pyramids, We see the Marks of the Scissars upon every Plant and Bush...
Seite 49 - O'erflow thy courts : the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd, and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away ; But fix'd his word, his saving power remains; Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own MESSIAH reigns !" My dear children, make this king of Zion your friend, by sweetly submitting to the sceptre of his grace.