The Spectator: With Notes and a General Index, Volumes 1-2J.J. Woodward, 1836 |
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... tion 429 Infirmary for ill - lamonred People- Memorials presented 430 Increase of Beczars - Impostors - im- proper Freedoms of married People 431 Negligence of Parents - Letters of Richard and Sabina Rentfree 432 On Prejudice and ...
... tion 429 Infirmary for ill - lamonred People- Memorials presented 430 Increase of Beczars - Impostors - im- proper Freedoms of married People 431 Negligence of Parents - Letters of Richard and Sabina Rentfree 432 On Prejudice and ...
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... tion , when I have heard them asking the first man they have met with , whether there was any news stirring ? and by that means gathering together materials for thinking . These needy persons do not know what to talk of , till about ...
... tion , when I have heard them asking the first man they have met with , whether there was any news stirring ? and by that means gathering together materials for thinking . These needy persons do not know what to talk of , till about ...
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... tion to see a person whose action gives new majesty to kings , resolution to heroes , and softness to lovers , thus sinking from the greatness of his behaviour , and degraded into the character of the London Prentice . I have often ...
... tion to see a person whose action gives new majesty to kings , resolution to heroes , and softness to lovers , thus sinking from the greatness of his behaviour , and degraded into the character of the London Prentice . I have often ...
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... tion . At length when the competition was doubtful , and the lady undetermined in her tion from multitudes of witnesses and spec- tators . On the contrary , false happiness loves to be in a crowd , and to draw the eyes of the world upen ...
... tion . At length when the competition was doubtful , and the lady undetermined in her tion from multitudes of witnesses and spec- tators . On the contrary , false happiness loves to be in a crowd , and to draw the eyes of the world upen ...
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... tion from the turn of their public monu- ments and inscriptions , they should be sub- mitted to the perusal of men of learning and genius before they are put in execu- tion . Sir Cloudesly Shovel's monument has very often given me great ...
... tion from the turn of their public monu- ments and inscriptions , they should be sub- mitted to the perusal of men of learning and genius before they are put in execu- tion . Sir Cloudesly Shovel's monument has very often given me great ...
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Page 236 - I passed some time in the contemplation of this wonderful structure, and the great variety of objects which it presented. My heart was filled with a deep melancholy to see several dropping unexpectedly in the midst of mirth and jollity, and catching at every thing that stood by them to save themselves.
Page 236 - But tell me farther,' said he, ' what thou discoverest on it.' ' I see multitudes of people passing over it,' said I, ' and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.' As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it : and upon...
Page 53 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Page 172 - Psalms half a minute after the rest of the congregation have done with it ; sometimes, when he is pleased with the matter of his devotion, he pronounces "amen...
Page 237 - on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity ; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it." I directed my sight as I was ordered, and (whether or no the good genius strengthened it with any supernatural force, or dissipated part of the mist that was before too thick for the eye to penetrate) I saw the valley opening at the...
Page 236 - I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains. I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and, passing from one thought to another,
Page 164 - This humanity and good nature engages everybody to him, so that when he is pleasant upon any of them, all his family are in good humour, and none so much as the person whom he diverts himself with ; on the contrary, if he coughs, or betrays any infirmity of old age, it is easy for a stander-by to observe a secret concern in the looks of all his servants.
Page 165 - I have given him the parsonage of the parish; and, because I know his value, have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he out-lives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years ; and, though he does not know I have taken...
Page 437 - 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.
Page 264 - Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me: When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...