The Spectator ...Angier March, 1803 |
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... carried fire and sword into the countries of all that had opposed the cause of liberty , and struck a terror into the armies of France , had , in the midst of his high station , a behaviour as gentle as is usual in the first steps ...
... carried fire and sword into the countries of all that had opposed the cause of liberty , and struck a terror into the armies of France , had , in the midst of his high station , a behaviour as gentle as is usual in the first steps ...
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... carried to the top of it , but it immediately tumbles to the bottom . This double motion of the stone is admirably de- scribed in the numbers of these verses ; as in the four first it is heaved up by several spondees intermixed with ...
... carried to the top of it , but it immediately tumbles to the bottom . This double motion of the stone is admirably de- scribed in the numbers of these verses ; as in the four first it is heaved up by several spondees intermixed with ...
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... carried down to an old manor - house in the country , and confined to the conversation of a sober husband , and an aukward chambermaid . For va- riety I suppose you may entertain yourself with madam in her grogram gown , the spouse of ...
... carried down to an old manor - house in the country , and confined to the conversation of a sober husband , and an aukward chambermaid . For va- riety I suppose you may entertain yourself with madam in her grogram gown , the spouse of ...
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... carry our reflections higher , we may discover farther ends of Providence in im- planting this passion in mankind . It was necessary for the world , that arts should be invented and improved , books written and trans- mitted to ...
... carry our reflections higher , we may discover farther ends of Providence in im- planting this passion in mankind . It was necessary for the world , that arts should be invented and improved , books written and trans- mitted to ...
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... I have hearkened after in public coffee - houses , there is but one that seeins to carry any weight with it , viz . that such a post would come too near the na- ture of a monopoly . Now , Sir , because 258 . 31 SPECTATOR .
... I have hearkened after in public coffee - houses , there is but one that seeins to carry any weight with it , viz . that such a post would come too near the na- ture of a monopoly . Now , Sir , because 258 . 31 SPECTATOR .
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acquaintance action Adam and Eve ADDISON admired Æneid agreeable angels appear Aristotle beauty behaviour character circumstances critics desire discourse dress endeavour Enville epic poem fable fame father fault favour female fortune genius gentleman give grace greatest happy head heart heaven Homer honour hope humble servant Iliad innocent John Sharpe Julius Cæsar kind lady late letter lived look lover MADAM mankind manner marriage Milton mind mistress nature never obliged observed occasion opinion Ovid Pandæmonium paper Paradise Lost particular pass passage passion perfect person pleased pleasure poet pray present prince proper Quintilian racter reader reason reputation ROSCOMMON Satan sentiments shew speak SPECTATOR speech spirit sublime tell Thammuz thing thought tion told town turn verse VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman women words young
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Seite 360 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world ; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Seite 8 - Then, at the last and only couplet fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.
Seite 364 - And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure (Severe, but in true filial freedom placed), Whence true authority in men ; though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seem'd ; For contemplation he, and valour, form'd ; For softness she, and sweet attractive grace ; He for God only, she for God in him...
Seite 364 - Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad, In naked majesty seem'd lords of all : And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure (Severe, but in true filial freedom placed), Whence true authority in men...
Seite 255 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Seite 164 - They heard, and were abashed, and up they sprung Upon the wing; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel; Yet to their general's voice they soon obeyed, Innumerable.
Seite 255 - Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.
Seite 293 - There went a fame in heaven, that he ere long Intended to create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the sons of heaven.
Seite 133 - ... chief talent, and indeed his distinguishing excellence, lies in the sublimity of his thoughts. There are others of the moderns, who rival him in every other part of poetry ; but in the greatness of his sentiments he triumphs over all the poets, both modern and ancient, Homer only excepted. It is impossible for the imagination of man to distend itself with greater ideas than those which he has laid together in his first, second, and sixth books.
Seite 291 - O'er Heaven's high towers to force resistless way, Turning our tortures into horrid arms Against the Torturer; when to meet the noise Of his almighty engine he shall hear Infernal thunder; and, for lightning, see Black fire and horror shot with equal rage Among his Angels; and his throne itself Mix'd with Tartarean sulphur, and strange fire, His own invented torments.