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... hands of Addison . The total number of papers in the Spectator is 635. More than 500 of these were contributed by Addison and Steele in about equal proportions . As a rule , the light and humorous sketches are by Steele , while those of ...
... hands of Addison . The total number of papers in the Spectator is 635. More than 500 of these were contributed by Addison and Steele in about equal proportions . As a rule , the light and humorous sketches are by Steele , while those of ...
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... hands with a piece of silver every summer , and never fails being promised the handsomest young fellow in the parish for her pains . Your friend the butler has been fool enough to be seduced by them ; and , though he is sure to lose a ...
... hands with a piece of silver every summer , and never fails being promised the handsomest young fellow in the parish for her pains . Your friend the butler has been fool enough to be seduced by them ; and , though he is sure to lose a ...
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... hand , that his true - love was constant , and that she should dream of him to - night . My old friend cried " Pish , " and bid her go on . " Ah , 6. The gipsy told him that he was a bachelor , but would not be so long ; and that he was ...
... hand , that his true - love was constant , and that she should dream of him to - night . My old friend cried " Pish , " and bid her go on . " Ah , 6. The gipsy told him that he was a bachelor , but would not be so long ; and that he was ...
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... hand , was not a little de- lighted to see a son return to him , whom he had given for lost , with such a strength of constitution , sharpness of understanding , and skill in lan- guages . 11. Here the printed story leaves off ; but if ...
... hand , was not a little de- lighted to see a son return to him , whom he had given for lost , with such a strength of constitution , sharpness of understanding , and skill in lan- guages . 11. Here the printed story leaves off ; but if ...
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... hand in his pocket and give him sixpence . 5. Our salutations were very hearty on both sides , consisting of many kind shakes of the hand , and several affectionate looks which we cast upon one another . After which the knight told me ...
... hand in his pocket and give him sixpence . 5. Our salutations were very hearty on both sides , consisting of many kind shakes of the hand , and several affectionate looks which we cast upon one another . After which the knight told me ...
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Page 59 - ... thick for the eye to penetrate, I saw the valley opening at the farther end, and spreading forth into an immense ocean, that had a huge rock of adamant running through the midst of it, and dividing it into two equal parts. The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among...
Page 20 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if, by chance, he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and, if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servants to them.
Page 56 - ... him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him. He lifted me from the ground, and taking me by the hand, 'Mirza,' said he, 'I have heard thee in thy soliloquies; follow me.
Page 55 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Page 14 - He will often argue, that if this part of our trade were Well cultivated, we should gain from one nation ; and if another, from another. I have heard him prove, that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valour, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword. He abounds in several frugal •maxims, amongst which the greatest favourite is,. ' A penny saved is a penny got.
Page 13 - He is now in his fifty-sixth year, cheerful, gay, and hearty; keeps a good house both in town and country; a great lover of mankind; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company.
Page 7 - I have observed that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor; with other particulars of a like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Page 58 - I, man was made in vain ! How is he given away to misery and mortality! tortured in life, and swallowed up in death! The genius being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. Look no more...
Page 59 - I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands...
Page 92 - The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.