The Spectator, Volumen6J. Tonson, 1729 |
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... Mind to any one lefs engaged than fhe was . Cynthio was mufing Yefter- day in the Piazza in Covent - Garden , and was faying to himself that he was a very ill Man to go on in vifiting and profeffing Love to Flavia , when his Heart was ...
... Mind to any one lefs engaged than fhe was . Cynthio was mufing Yefter- day in the Piazza in Covent - Garden , and was faying to himself that he was a very ill Man to go on in vifiting and profeffing Love to Flavia , when his Heart was ...
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... Mind . These are the Inlets of Pre- judice , the unguarded Avenues of the Mind , by which a thoufand Errors and fecret Faults find Admiffion , with- -out being obferved or taken Notice of . A wife Man will fufpect thofe Actions to which ...
... Mind . These are the Inlets of Pre- judice , the unguarded Avenues of the Mind , by which a thoufand Errors and fecret Faults find Admiffion , with- -out being obferved or taken Notice of . A wife Man will fufpect thofe Actions to which ...
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... with Flowers her fwelling Breaft , And on her Elbow leans , diffembling Reft , Unable to refrain my madding Mind , Kør Sleep ner Pasture worth my Care 1 find , Once Once Delia fept , on eafie Mofs reclin'd , Her 26 Nợ 400 . The SPECTATOR .
... with Flowers her fwelling Breaft , And on her Elbow leans , diffembling Reft , Unable to refrain my madding Mind , Kør Sleep ner Pasture worth my Care 1 find , Once Once Delia fept , on eafie Mofs reclin'd , Her 26 Nợ 400 . The SPECTATOR .
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... Minds . As Inftances of this , I fhall give you two or three Letters ; the Writers of which can have no Re- courfe to any legal Power for Redrefs , and feem to have written rather to vent their Sorrow than to receive Con- folation , Mr ...
... Minds . As Inftances of this , I fhall give you two or three Letters ; the Writers of which can have no Re- courfe to any legal Power for Redrefs , and feem to have written rather to vent their Sorrow than to receive Con- folation , Mr ...
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... Mind in a Flame , and makes our Hearts burn within us . How cold and dead does a Prayer appear , that is compofed in the most Elegant and Polite Forms of Speech , which are natural to our Tongue , when it is not heightned by that ...
... Mind in a Flame , and makes our Hearts burn within us . How cold and dead does a Prayer appear , that is compofed in the most Elegant and Polite Forms of Speech , which are natural to our Tongue , when it is not heightned by that ...
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Página 259 - Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Página 65 - Delightful scenes, whether in nature, painting, or poetry, have a kindly influence on the body as well as the mind ; and not only serve to clear and brighten the imagination, but are able to disperse grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions.
Página 290 - In power of others, never in my own; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! O first created beam, and thou great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved Thy prime decree?
Página 15 - ... enemies, withdraw your princely favour from me; neither let that stain, that unworthy stain of a disloyal heart towards your good grace, ever cast so foul a blot on your most dutiful wife, and the infant princess your daughter.
Página 290 - 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 ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Página 216 - It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction, that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance. It is not like the practice of many other virtues, difficult and painful, but attended with so much pleasure, that were there no positive command .which enjoined it, nor any recompense laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge in it, for the natural gratification that accompanies it.
Página 93 - There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it; the churchyards were all haunted; every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it; and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit.
Página 15 - Grace may be freed from an open censure, and mine offence being so lawfully proved, your Grace is at liberty, both before God and man, not only to execute worthy punishment on me as an unlawful wife, but to follow your affection, already...
Página 218 - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.
Página 275 - I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come ; make her laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell me one thing. Hor. What's that, my lord? Ham. Dost thou think Alexander looked o' this fashion i