The Spectator, Volume 4Alexander Chalmers D. Appleton, 1853 |
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... death of his father Robert . He was made secretary of state Dec. 5 , 1706 ; and dismissed June 14 , 1710. Sept. 1 , 1715 , he had a pension of 12001. per annum settled on him . April 16 , 1717 , was again appointed secretary of state ...
... death of his father Robert . He was made secretary of state Dec. 5 , 1706 ; and dismissed June 14 , 1710. Sept. 1 , 1715 , he had a pension of 12001. per annum settled on him . April 16 , 1717 , was again appointed secretary of state ...
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... Death , which is however a very finished piece in its kind , when it is not con- sidered as part of an epic poem . The genealogy of the several persons is contrived with great delicacy . Sin is the daughter of Satan , and Death the ...
... Death , which is however a very finished piece in its kind , when it is not con- sidered as part of an epic poem . The genealogy of the several persons is contrived with great delicacy . Sin is the daughter of Satan , and Death the ...
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... Death . This last beautiful moral is , I think , clearly intimated in the speech of Sin , where , com- plaining of this her dreadful issue , she adds , ' Before mine eyes in opposition sits Grim Death , my son and foe , who sets them on ...
... Death . This last beautiful moral is , I think , clearly intimated in the speech of Sin , where , com- plaining of this her dreadful issue , she adds , ' Before mine eyes in opposition sits Grim Death , my son and foe , who sets them on ...
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... death of a childless rich man , he immediately drew on his boots , called for his horse , and made up to the widow . When he is rallied When he is rallied upon his ill success , Will with his usual gaiety tells us that he always found ...
... death of a childless rich man , he immediately drew on his boots , called for his horse , and made up to the widow . When he is rallied When he is rallied upon his ill success , Will with his usual gaiety tells us that he always found ...
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... death , and bear- ing it with composure , would win the pity of those who should behold him ; and this , not because his calamity is deplorable , but because he seems himself not to deplore it . We suffer for him who is less sensible of ...
... death , and bear- ing it with composure , would win the pity of those who should behold him ; and this , not because his calamity is deplorable , but because he seems himself not to deplore it . We suffer for him who is less sensible of ...
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Page 324 - And strait conjunction with this sex : for either He never shall find out fit mate, but such As some misfortune brings him, or mistake ; Or whom he wishes most shall seldom gain Through her perverseness, but shall see her gain'd By a far worse ; or, if she love, withheld By parents ; or his happiest choice too late Shall meet, already link'd and wedlock-bound To a fell adversary, his hate or shame ; Which infinite calamity shall cause To human life, and household peace confound.
Page 280 - So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the Fruit, she pluck'd, she eat: Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 176 - With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky With hideous ruin and combustion down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine* chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.
Page 312 - Thy suppliant, I beg, and clasp thy knees ; bereave me not, Whereon I live, thy gentle looks, thy aid, Thy counsel, in this uttermost distress My only strength and stay ; forlorn of thee, Whither shall I betake me, where subsist ? While yet we live, scarce one short hour perhaps, Between us two let there be peace; both joining, As join'd in injuries, one enmity Against a foe by doom express assign'd us, That cruel serpent.
Page 415 - The Saviour comes ! by ancient bards foretold ! Hear him, ye deaf, and all ye blind, behold ! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eyeball pour the day...
Page 323 - O! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine; Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Page 214 - They view'd the vast immeasurable abyss Outrageous as a sea, dark, wasteful, wild, Up from the bottom turn'd by furious winds And surging waves, as mountains to assault Heaven's height, and with the centre mix the pole. Silence, ye troubled waves, and thou deep peace, Said then th...
Page 40 - To work in close design, by fraud or guile, What force effected not; that He no less At length from us may find, who overcomes By force, hath overcome but half his foe. Space may produce new worlds, whereof so rife...
Page 250 - Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally: and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind and nobleness their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic placed.
Page 375 - Our lingering parents, and to the eastern gate Led them direct, and down the cliff as fast To the subjected plain; then disappear'd. They, looking back, all the...