The Spectator. ...H. Hughs, 1789 |
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Page 27
... discourse with any but particular friends , and not in public even with them .. Such an habit has perhaps raised in me uncommon reflections ; but this effect I cannot communicate but by my writings . As my plea- fures are almost wholly ...
... discourse with any but particular friends , and not in public even with them .. Such an habit has perhaps raised in me uncommon reflections ; but this effect I cannot communicate but by my writings . As my plea- fures are almost wholly ...
Page 90
... discourse , and a birth - day furnishes converfation for a twelve - month after . A fur- below of precious ftones , an hat buttoned with a diamond , a brocade waistcoat or petticoat , are standing topics . In fhort , they confider only ...
... discourse , and a birth - day furnishes converfation for a twelve - month after . A fur- below of precious ftones , an hat buttoned with a diamond , a brocade waistcoat or petticoat , are standing topics . In fhort , they confider only ...
Page 133
... discourse on the Immortality of the soUL , at his entering upon it , fays , that he does not believe any the most comic genius can cenfure him for talking fuch a fubject at fuch a time . This paf- fage , I think , evidently glances upon ...
... discourse on the Immortality of the soUL , at his entering upon it , fays , that he does not believe any the most comic genius can cenfure him for talking fuch a fubject at fuch a time . This paf- fage , I think , evidently glances upon ...
Page 155
... discourse ever fince there was such a thing as life itself , how is it poffible that we should defer a moment the be- ginning to live according to the rules of rea- Son ? The man of business has ever some one point to to carry , and ...
... discourse ever fince there was such a thing as life itself , how is it poffible that we should defer a moment the be- ginning to live according to the rules of rea- Son ? The man of business has ever some one point to to carry , and ...
Page 156
... discourse with him concerning the dan- ger of procrastination , gave me the following letters from perfons with whom he lives in great friendship and intimacy , according to the good breeding and good fenfe of his character . The firft ...
... discourse with him concerning the dan- ger of procrastination , gave me the following letters from perfons with whom he lives in great friendship and intimacy , according to the good breeding and good fenfe of his character . The firft ...
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Page 150 - 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.
Page 43 - When I lay me down to sleep, I recommend myself to his care; when I awake, I give myself up to his direction. Amidst all the evils that threaten me, I will look up to him for help, and question not but he will either avert them, or turn them to my advantage. Though I know neither the time nor the manner of the death I am to die, I am not at all solicitous about it; because I am sure that he knows them both, and that he will not fail to comfort and support me under them.
Page 72 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to...
Page 147 - When I am in a serious humour, I very often walk by myself in Westminster Abbey; where the gloominess of the place, and the use to which it is applied, with the solemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who lie in it, are apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulness, that is not disagreeable.
Page 230 - To you, good gods, I make my last appeal ; Or clear my virtues, or my crimes reveal. If in the maze of fate I blindly run, And backward trod those paths I sought to shun, Impute my errors to your own decree : My hands are guilty, but my heart is free.
Page 410 - Scotland can witness be, I have not any captain more Of such account as he." Like tidings to King Henry came, Within as short a space, That Percy of Northumberland Was slain in Chevy-Chase. "Now God be with him...
Page 59 - I shall endeavour to point out all those imperfections that are the blemishes, as well as those virtues which are the embellishments of the sex. In the...
Page 149 - As a foreigner is very apt to conceive an idea of the ignorance or politeness of a nation from the turn of their public monuments and inscriptions, they should be submitted to the perusal of men of learning and genius before they are put in execution.
Page 271 - The truth of it is, a man is not qualified for a butt, who has not a good deal of wit and vivacity, even in the ridiculous side of his character. A stupid butt is only fit for the conversation of...
Page 5 - Cocoa-tree, and in the theatres both of Drury-lane and the Haymarket. I have been taken for a merchant upon the Exchange for above these ten years, and sometimes pass for a Jew in the assembly of stockjobbers at Jonathan's.