The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, 3. köideVernor and Hood; John Walker; Cuthell and Martin; W.J. and J. Richardson; Longman and Rees; R. Lea; and J. and A. Arch. ; T. Maiden, printer, Sherbourn-Lane, 1804 |
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... mention nothing of it , but are filled with many particulars to the honour of the good old man . I have likewise a ... mentions , in the simplicity of his heart , several circumstances VOL . III . A 15 the others have passed over in ...
... mention nothing of it , but are filled with many particulars to the honour of the good old man . I have likewise a ... mentions , in the simplicity of his heart , several circumstances VOL . III . A 15 the others have passed over in ...
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... mention only that species of shell - fish , which are formed in the fashion of a cone , that grow to the surface of several rocks , and immediately die upon their being severed from the place where they grow . There are many other ...
... mention only that species of shell - fish , which are formed in the fashion of a cone , that grow to the surface of several rocks , and immediately die upon their being severed from the place where they grow . There are many other ...
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... mention what is confidently reported of mer- maids or sea men . There are some brutes that seem to have as much knowledge and reason as some that are called men ; and the animal and vegetable kingdoms are so nearly joined , that if you ...
... mention what is confidently reported of mer- maids or sea men . There are some brutes that seem to have as much knowledge and reason as some that are called men ; and the animal and vegetable kingdoms are so nearly joined , that if you ...
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... into a class below the three learned professions . I mention this for the sake of several rural squires , whose reading does not rise so high as to the present state of England , and who are often apt to usurp 14 No. 529 . SPECTATOR . '
... into a class below the three learned professions . I mention this for the sake of several rural squires , whose reading does not rise so high as to the present state of England , and who are often apt to usurp 14 No. 529 . SPECTATOR . '
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... mention those who violate it by solemn perjuries ? It would be an affront to reason to endeavour to set forth the horror and profaneness of such a practice . The very mention of 6 22 NO . 531 . SPECTATOR .
... mention those who violate it by solemn perjuries ? It would be an affront to reason to endeavour to set forth the horror and profaneness of such a practice . The very mention of 6 22 NO . 531 . SPECTATOR .
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Page 80 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 221 - ... With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of Heaven her starry train : But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Page 221 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 214 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 2 - Knowing that you was my old master's good friend, I could not forbear sending you the melancholy news of his death, which has afflicted the whole country, as well as his poor servants, who loved him, I may say, better than we did our lives. I am afraid he caught his death the last county-sessions, where he would go to see justice done to a poor widow woman, and her fatherless children, that had been wronged by a neighbouring gentleman ; for you know, sir, my good master was always the poor man's...
Page 231 - Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 196 - 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 64 - I did not question came loaded with his crimes; but upon searching into his bundle I found that instead of throwing his guilt from him, he had only laid down his memory.
Page 458 - Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples.
Page 79 - ... material or immaterial, and as intimately present to it as that being is to itself. It would be an imperfection in him, were he able to remove out of one place into another, or to withdraw himself from any thing he has created, or from any part of that space which is diffused and spread abroad to infinity.