The Spectator, 8. köideTonson, 1739 |
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Page 44
... Beauty of his Shape , fuppofed him fomething more than Man , I fhall not determine . THE Gallantry of this Action was judged fo great by the Spartans , that the Ephori , or chief Magiftrates , decreed he fhould be prefented with a ...
... Beauty of his Shape , fuppofed him fomething more than Man , I fhall not determine . THE Gallantry of this Action was judged fo great by the Spartans , that the Ephori , or chief Magiftrates , decreed he fhould be prefented with a ...
Page 108
... Beauty was , lived to fee the dear Angel I love , he would not have asked fuch a Question . Had another feen her , he would himself have loved the Perfon in whom Heaven has made Virtue vifible ; and were you your felf to be in her ...
... Beauty was , lived to fee the dear Angel I love , he would not have asked fuch a Question . Had another feen her , he would himself have loved the Perfon in whom Heaven has made Virtue vifible ; and were you your felf to be in her ...
Page 114
... Beauty , and gradually decay with him . One who lived before the Flood might have seen a Wood of the talleft Oaks in the Acorn . But I only mention this Particular , in order to introduce in my next Paper , a Hiftory which I have found ...
... Beauty , and gradually decay with him . One who lived before the Flood might have seen a Wood of the talleft Oaks in the Acorn . But I only mention this Particular , in order to introduce in my next Paper , a Hiftory which I have found ...
Page 117
... with Sons and Daughters . Remember , O thou Daughter of Zilpah , that the Age of Man is but a thousand Years ; that Beauty is the Admiration but of 6 a few Centuries . It flourishes as a Mountain N ° 584 . 117 The SPECTATOR .
... with Sons and Daughters . Remember , O thou Daughter of Zilpah , that the Age of Man is but a thousand Years ; that Beauty is the Admiration but of 6 a few Centuries . It flourishes as a Mountain N ° 584 . 117 The SPECTATOR .
Page 118
... Beauty , but art thou not fecretly enamoured with the Verdure of her Mea- dows ? Art thou not more affected with the Profpect of her green Vallies , than thou wouldest be with the Sight of her Perfon ? The Lowings of my Herds , and the ...
... Beauty , but art thou not fecretly enamoured with the Verdure of her Mea- dows ? Art thou not more affected with the Profpect of her green Vallies , than thou wouldest be with the Sight of her Perfon ? The Lowings of my Herds , and the ...
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Page 271 - ... 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 104 - 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 48 - ... In the second place, he is Omniscient as well as Omnipresent. His Omniscience indeed necessarily and naturally flows from his Omnipresence ; he cannot but be conscious of every motion that arises in the whole material world, which he thus essentially pervades...
Page 49 - ... 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 269 - Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into...
Page 22 - I saw multitudes of old women throw down their wrinkles, and several young ones who stripped themselves of a tawny skin.
Page 22 - I took my stand in the centre of it, and saw with a great deal of pleasure the whole human species marching one after another, and throwing down their several loads, which immediately grew up into a prodigious mountain, that seemed to rise above the clouds.
Page 297 - Creator, and with slow and painful steps creep up and down on the surface of this globe, shall ere long shoot away with the swiftness of imagination, trace out the hidden springs of nature's operations, be able to keep pace with the heavenly bodies in the rapidity of their career, be a spectator of the long chain of events in the natural and moral worlds...
Page 83 - Would not he think that we are a species of beings made for quite different ends and purposes than what we really are ? Must not he imagine that we were placed in this world to get riches and honours ? Would...
Page 26 - I stuck my cane in the ground, and told him I would lay him a bottle of wine that he did not march up to it on a line that I drew for him in a quarter of an hour.