The Spectator. ...H. Hughs, 1789 |
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... mean , in that generous difregard of popular opinion which you thewed fome years ago , when when you chofe for your wife an obfcure young woman , who doth not indeed pretend to an ancient family , but has cer- tainly as many forefathers ...
... mean , in that generous difregard of popular opinion which you thewed fome years ago , when when you chofe for your wife an obfcure young woman , who doth not indeed pretend to an ancient family , but has cer- tainly as many forefathers ...
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... means favourable to literature , when " the fucceffion of a new family to the throne filled the nation " with anxiety , discord , and confufion . Either the turbulence " of the times , or the fatiety of the readers , put a stop to the ...
... means favourable to literature , when " the fucceffion of a new family to the throne filled the nation " with anxiety , discord , and confufion . Either the turbulence " of the times , or the fatiety of the readers , put a stop to the ...
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... mean ; and account themselves a civilized people , because they speak one thing and mean another : truth they call barbarity , and falfehood politenefs . Upon my firft land- ing , one , who was fent from the king of this place to meet ...
... mean ; and account themselves a civilized people , because they speak one thing and mean another : truth they call barbarity , and falfehood politenefs . Upon my firft land- ing , one , who was fent from the king of this place to meet ...
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... , for- tune , and good humour ; and if they find him qualified for a fifter of the Club , they lay their heads together how to make him fure . By • this • 6 this means they are acquainted with all the 34 N ° 561 . THE SPECTATOR .
... , for- tune , and good humour ; and if they find him qualified for a fifter of the Club , they lay their heads together how to make him fure . By • this • 6 this means they are acquainted with all the 34 N ° 561 . THE SPECTATOR .
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• 6 this means they are acquainted with all the Widow - hunters about town , who often afford them great diverfion . There is an honest Irish gentleman it feems , who knows nothing of this Society , but at different times has made love ...
• 6 this means they are acquainted with all the Widow - hunters about town , who often afford them great diverfion . There is an honest Irish gentleman it feems , who knows nothing of this Society , but at different times has made love ...
Common terms and phrases
ADDISON affured afked againſt anfwer beautiful becauſe cafe confider confideration converfation creature defign defire difcourfe diſcover eternity exiftence exiſtence faid fame fatire fatisfaction fays fecond fecret feems felf fenfe fent fervant ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fleep fome fomething foon foul fpeaking fpecies ftanding ftate ftill fubject fuch fuppofed fure gentleman greateſt hand happineſs hath heart himſelf honour huſband inftance itſelf JOHN BYROM juft lady laft laſt lefs letter look miferable mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never obferved occafion ourſelves OVID paffed paffion Paper perfon philofopher pleafed pleaſed pleaſure prefent promife publiſhed purpoſe reader reafon rife ſeveral ſhall Shalum ſhe ſpeak SPECT SPECTATOR ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe Thomas Tickell thoſe thou thought thouſand tion underſtanding uſe VIRG virtue Wedneſday whofe whole wife
Popular passages
Page 137 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Page 56 - 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 371 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Page 371 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Page 198 - In the next place, our critics do not seem sensible that there is more beauty in the works of a great genius who is ignorant of the rules of art, than in those of a little genius who knows and observes them.
Page 55 - His substance is within the substance of every being, whether material or immaterial, and as intimately present to it as that being is to itself. It would be an imperfection in him...
Page 57 - ... regard every thing that has being, especially such of his creatures who fear they are not regarded by him. He is privy to all their thoughts, and to that anxiety of heart in particular, which is apt to trouble them on this occasion ; for, as it is impossible he should overlook any of his creatures, so we may be confident...
Page 25 - Commodious manner, he marched off with it contentedly, being very well pleased that he had not been left to his own choice as to the kind of evils which fell to his lot.
Page 54 - ... capacities, as they are creatures, that is, beings of finite and limited natures. The presence of every created being is confined to a certain measure of space ; and consequently his observation is stinted to a certain number of objects.
Page 104 - I am got into quotations, give me leave to add the saying of an old philosopher, who, after having invited some of his friends to dine with him, was ruffled by his wife that came into the room in a passion, and threw down the table that stood before them; ' every one,' says he, ' has his calamity, and he is a happy man that has no greater than this.