The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and Explanatory Notes, Band 8J. Crissy, 1824 |
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... perfection , I shall here . give you an account of an honest gentleman of my acquaintance , who upon hearing the character of the wit abovementioned , has himself assumed it ; and endeavoured to convert it to the benefit of mankind . He ...
... perfection , I shall here . give you an account of an honest gentleman of my acquaintance , who upon hearing the character of the wit abovementioned , has himself assumed it ; and endeavoured to convert it to the benefit of mankind . He ...
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... perfection in the person beloved , I would by no means discourage it : but if a man considers that all his heavy complaints of wounds and deaths rise from some little affectations of coquetry , which are improved into charms by his own ...
... perfection in the person beloved , I would by no means discourage it : but if a man considers that all his heavy complaints of wounds and deaths rise from some little affectations of coquetry , which are improved into charms by his own ...
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... perfection was never seen to laugh . Cheerfulness of mind is not liable to any of these exceptions ; it is of a serious and composed nature ; it does not throw the mind into a condi- tion improper for the present state of humanity , and ...
... perfection was never seen to laugh . Cheerfulness of mind is not liable to any of these exceptions ; it is of a serious and composed nature ; it does not throw the mind into a condi- tion improper for the present state of humanity , and ...
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... perfection , and consequently an increase of happiness ! The consciousness of such a being spreads a perpetual diffusion of joy through the soul of a virtuous man , and makes him look upon himself every moment as more happy than he ...
... perfection , and consequently an increase of happiness ! The consciousness of such a being spreads a perpetual diffusion of joy through the soul of a virtuous man , and makes him look upon himself every moment as more happy than he ...
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... perfection , we see every thing that we can imagine as great , glorious , or amiable . We find ourselves every where upheld by his goodness , and surrounded with an immensity of love and mercy . In short , we depend upon a Be- ing ...
... perfection , we see every thing that we can imagine as great , glorious , or amiable . We find ourselves every where upheld by his goodness , and surrounded with an immensity of love and mercy . In short , we depend upon a Be- ing ...
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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.