The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and Explanatory Notes, 10. kötetJames Crissy, 1824 |
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7. oldal
... heads . Seneca and Montaigne are pat- terns for writing in this last kind , as Tully and Aristotle excel in the other . When I read an author of genius , who writes without method , I fancy myself in a wood that abounds with a great ...
... heads . Seneca and Montaigne are pat- terns for writing in this last kind , as Tully and Aristotle excel in the other . When I read an author of genius , who writes without method , I fancy myself in a wood that abounds with a great ...
8. oldal
... head , that do not offer themselves upon the general survey of a subject . His thoughts are at the same time more intelligible , and better discover their drift and meaning , when they are placed in their pro- per lights , and follow ...
... head , that do not offer themselves upon the general survey of a subject . His thoughts are at the same time more intelligible , and better discover their drift and meaning , when they are placed in their pro- per lights , and follow ...
10. oldal
... head , but few words , and gains the same advantages over Puzzle , that a small body of regular troops would gain over a number- less undisciplined militia . C. 6 No. 477. SATURDAY , SEPT . 6. By Addison . SIR , -An me ludit amabilis ...
... head , but few words , and gains the same advantages over Puzzle , that a small body of regular troops would gain over a number- less undisciplined militia . C. 6 No. 477. SATURDAY , SEPT . 6. By Addison . SIR , -An me ludit amabilis ...
16. oldal
... head , and led me into a set of amusing thoughts concerning them . ' I fancied it must be very surprising to any one who enters into a detail of fashions to consider how far the vanity of mankind has laid itself out in dress , what a ...
... head , and led me into a set of amusing thoughts concerning them . ' I fancied it must be very surprising to any one who enters into a detail of fashions to consider how far the vanity of mankind has laid itself out in dress , what a ...
18. oldal
... head . ( b ) This may be raised upon pillars , whose ornaments shall bear a just relation to the design . Thus there may be an imitation of fringe carved in the base , a sort of appearance of lace in the frize , and a representa- tion ...
... head . ( b ) This may be raised upon pillars , whose ornaments shall bear a just relation to the design . Thus there may be an imitation of fringe carved in the base , a sort of appearance of lace in the frize , and a representa- tion ...
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The Spectator: With Sketches Of The Lives Of The Authors, An Index ..., 2. kötet Sir Richard Steele,Joseph Addison Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2019 |
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209. oldal - ... and to pay the several legacies, and the gifts of charity, which he told him he had left as quit-rents upon the estate. The captain truly seems a courteous man, though he says but little. He makes much of those whom my master loved, and shows great kindness to the old house-dog, that you know my poor master was so fond of.
208. oldal - He has bequeathed the fine white gelding that he used to ride a hunting upon, to his chaplain, because he thought he would be kind to him, and has left you all his books. He has moreover bequeathed to the chaplain a very pretty tenement with good lands about it. It being a very cold day when he made his will, he left for mourning to every man in the parish, a great frize-coat, and to every woman a black riding-hood.
219. oldal - ... from the other. There are fishes that have wings, and are not strangers to the airy region: and there are some birds that are inhabitants of the water, whose blood is cold as fishes, and their flesh so like in taste, that the scrupulous are allowed them on fish days. There are animuls so near of kin both to birds and beasts, that they are in the middle between both: amphibious animals link...
72. oldal - In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air.
71. oldal - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
41. oldal - As the finest wines have often the taste of the soil, so even the most religious thoughts often draw something that is particular from the constitution of the mind in which they arise. When folly or superstition...
206. oldal - WE last night received a piece of ill news at our club, which very sensibly afflicted every one of us. I question not but my readers themselves will be troubled at the hearing of it. To keep them no longer in suspense, Sir Roger de Coverley is dead. He departed this life at his house in the country, after a few weeks
62. oldal - ... of company; yet in one dream I can compose a whole comedy, behold the action, apprehend the jests, and laugh myself awake at the conceits thereof. Were my memory as faithful as my reason is then fruitful, I would never study but in my dreams; and this time also would I...
216. oldal - On the other hand, if we look into the more bulky parts of nature, we see the seas, lakes, and rivers teeming with numberless kinds of living creatures; we find every mountain and marsh, wilderness and wood plentifully stocked with birds and beasts, and every part of matter affording proper necessaries and conveniences for the livelihood of multitudes which, inhabit it. 4. The author of the Plurality of Worlds...
65. oldal - Whether such dark presages, such visions of the night proceed from any latent power in the soul during this her state of abstraction, or from any communication with the Supreme Being, or from any operation of subordinate spirits, has been a great dispute among the learned ; the matter of fact is, I think, incontestable, and has been looked upon as such by the greatest writers, who have been never suspected either of superstition or enthusiasm.