The Spectator: With Notes and a General Index, Volúmenes1-2J.J. Woodward, 1836 |
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... pass or strange to be seen ; nay , to such a de- gree was my curiosity raised , that having read the controversies of some great men concerning the antiquities of Egypt , I made a voyage to Grand Cairo , on pur- pose to take the measure ...
... pass or strange to be seen ; nay , to such a de- gree was my curiosity raised , that having read the controversies of some great men concerning the antiquities of Egypt , I made a voyage to Grand Cairo , on pur- pose to take the measure ...
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... pass away their time till they had learned a language of their own , in which the voyager communicated to his mistress how happy he should be to have her in his country , where she should be lodgings by reason of an officious landlady ...
... pass away their time till they had learned a language of their own , in which the voyager communicated to his mistress how happy he should be to have her in his country , where she should be lodgings by reason of an officious landlady ...
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... pass over a single foe to charge whole armies . It is not Lais nor Silenus , but the harlot and the drunkard , whom ... passing away much time way . If I can any way assuage private in- at a glass , and giving softness and languish ...
... pass over a single foe to charge whole armies . It is not Lais nor Silenus , but the harlot and the drunkard , whom ... passing away much time way . If I can any way assuage private in- at a glass , and giving softness and languish ...
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... pass in our coaches . Thus we may enjoy as much of each other's friendship as we are capable : for there are some people who are to be known only by sight , with which sort of friendship I hope you will always honour , Madam , your most ...
... pass in our coaches . Thus we may enjoy as much of each other's friendship as we are capable : for there are some people who are to be known only by sight , with which sort of friendship I hope you will always honour , Madam , your most ...
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... pass for him in the world , to the end that well- meaning persons may not be imposed upon by cheats , I would desire my readers , when they meet with this pretender , to look into his parentage , and to examine him strictly , whether or ...
... pass for him in the world , to the end that well- meaning persons may not be imposed upon by cheats , I would desire my readers , when they meet with this pretender , to look into his parentage , and to examine him strictly , whether or ...
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Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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,
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...