The Spectator, Volumen8Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 |
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... happy con- tagion in riches , as well as a destructive one in poverty : the rich can make rich without parting with any of their store ; and the conversation of the poor makes men poor , though they borrow nothing of them . How this is ...
... happy con- tagion in riches , as well as a destructive one in poverty : the rich can make rich without parting with any of their store ; and the conversation of the poor makes men poor , though they borrow nothing of them . How this is ...
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... happy temper , which in the highest degree gratified his people's vanity , did him more service with his loving subjects than all his other virtues , though it must be confessed he had many . He delighted 54 No. 462 . SPECTATOR.
... happy temper , which in the highest degree gratified his people's vanity , did him more service with his loving subjects than all his other virtues , though it must be confessed he had many . He delighted 54 No. 462 . SPECTATOR.
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... happy mixture of his temper , they either go together , or perpetually succeed each other . In fine , his whole behaviour is equally distant from constraint and negligence , and he commands your respect , whilst he gains your heart ...
... happy mixture of his temper , they either go together , or perpetually succeed each other . In fine , his whole behaviour is equally distant from constraint and negligence , and he commands your respect , whilst he gains your heart ...
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... what I have hitherto said . First , that no kind of life is so happy as that which is full of hope , especially when the hope is well grounded , and when the object of it is of an exalted kind , and No. 471 . 97 SPECTATOR .
... what I have hitherto said . First , that no kind of life is so happy as that which is full of hope , especially when the hope is well grounded , and when the object of it is of an exalted kind , and No. 471 . 97 SPECTATOR .
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... happy who enjoys it . This proposition must be very evident to those who consider how few are the present enjoyments of the most happy man , and how insufficient to give him an entire satisfaction and acquiescence in them . My next ...
... happy who enjoys it . This proposition must be very evident to those who consider how few are the present enjoyments of the most happy man , and how insufficient to give him an entire satisfaction and acquiescence in them . My next ...
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Página 73 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Página 101 - I HAVE SET THE LoRD ALWAYS BEFORE ME : Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Página 14 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ, Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Página 101 - I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : my flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy ; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Página 184 - 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.
Página 106 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Página 147 - WHO shall decide, when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me...
Página 72 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Página 60 - In counterpoise ; now ponders all events, Battles and realms : in these he put two weights, The sequel each of parting and of fight: The latter quick up flew, and...
Página 106 - And feel thy sovran vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.