The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and Explanatory Notes, 10. kötetJames Crissy, 1824 |
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24. oldal
... honour , and friendship , which are in the highest degree engaged in this alliance , there can nothing arise in the common course of life , or from the blows or favours of fortune , in which a man will not find matter of some delight un ...
... honour , and friendship , which are in the highest degree engaged in this alliance , there can nothing arise in the common course of life , or from the blows or favours of fortune , in which a man will not find matter of some delight un ...
28. oldal
... honour to be done me out of respect and inclination to me , rather than re- gard to your own service : for which reason I beg leave to lay before your majesty my reasons for declining to depart from home ; and will not doubt but , as ...
... honour to be done me out of respect and inclination to me , rather than re- gard to your own service : for which reason I beg leave to lay before your majesty my reasons for declining to depart from home ; and will not doubt but , as ...
29. oldal
... honour , to take upon themselves whatever the generosity of their master can give them opportunities to grasp at . But your goodness shall not be thus imposed upon by me . I will therefore confess to you , that frequent solitude , and ...
... honour , to take upon themselves whatever the generosity of their master can give them opportunities to grasp at . But your goodness shall not be thus imposed upon by me . I will therefore confess to you , that frequent solitude , and ...
30. oldal
... honours and offices , it were also to give talents suitable to them : were it so , the noble Pharamond would reward the zeal of my youth with abilities to do him service in my age . Those who accept of favour without merit , support ...
... honours and offices , it were also to give talents suitable to them : were it so , the noble Pharamond would reward the zeal of my youth with abilities to do him service in my age . Those who accept of favour without merit , support ...
31. oldal
... honour in a con- sciousness of well doing , will have but little relish for any outward homage that is paid him , since what gives him distinction to himself , can not come within the observation of his beholders . Thus all the words of ...
... honour in a con- sciousness of well doing , will have but little relish for any outward homage that is paid him , since what gives him distinction to himself , can not come within the observation of his beholders . Thus all the words of ...
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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.