The Spectator, 8. köideTonson, 1739 |
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... Virg . U PON laying down the Office of SPEC- TATOR , I acquainted the World with my Defign of electing a new Club , and of opening my Mouth in it after a most folemn Manner . Both the Election and the Ceremony are now paft ; but not ...
... Virg . U PON laying down the Office of SPEC- TATOR , I acquainted the World with my Defign of electing a new Club , and of opening my Mouth in it after a most folemn Manner . Both the Election and the Ceremony are now paft ; but not ...
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... Virg . ' HERE is nothing , fays Plato , fo delightful , as the or there is no Conversation fo agreeable as that of the Man of Integrity , who hears without any Intention to betray , and speaks without any Intention to deceive . AMONG ...
... Virg . ' HERE is nothing , fays Plato , fo delightful , as the or there is no Conversation fo agreeable as that of the Man of Integrity , who hears without any Intention to betray , and speaks without any Intention to deceive . AMONG ...
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... Virg . Am a tall , broad - fhoulder'd , impudent , black Fel- low , and , as I thought , every way qualified for a rich Widow : But , after having tried my Fortune for above three Years together , I have not been able to get one fingle ...
... Virg . Am a tall , broad - fhoulder'd , impudent , black Fel- low , and , as I thought , every way qualified for a rich Widow : But , after having tried my Fortune for above three Years together , I have not been able to get one fingle ...
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... Virg . ' Was Yesterday about Sun - fet walking in the open Fields , ' till the Night infenfibly fell upon me . I at firft amused my felf with all the Richnefs and Va- riety of Colours , which appeared in the Western Parts of Heaven In ...
... Virg . ' Was Yesterday about Sun - fet walking in the open Fields , ' till the Night infenfibly fell upon me . I at firft amused my felf with all the Richnefs and Va- riety of Colours , which appeared in the Western Parts of Heaven In ...
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... Virg . Have received private Advice from fome of my Cor- refpondents , that if I would give my Paper a gene- ral Run , I fhould take care to feafon it with Scandal . I have indeed obferved of late , that few Writings fell which are not ...
... Virg . Have received private Advice from fome of my Cor- refpondents , that if I would give my Paper a gene- ral Run , I fhould take care to feafon it with Scandal . I have indeed obferved of late , that few Writings fell which are not ...
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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.