Selections from Addison's papers contributed to the Spectator, ed. by T. Arnold1875 |
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... language of the Psalms , feedeth the young ravens that call upon him . I like this retirement the better , because of an ill report it lies under of being haunted ; for which reason , as I have been told in the family , no living ...
... language of the Psalms , feedeth the young ravens that call upon him . I like this retirement the better , because of an ill report it lies under of being haunted ; for which reason , as I have been told in the family , no living ...
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... languages , and learned upon further examination that he had been stolen away when he was a child by a gipsy , and had rambled ever since with a gang of these strollers up and down several parts of Europe . It happened that the merchant ...
... languages , and learned upon further examination that he had been stolen away when he was a child by a gipsy , and had rambled ever since with a gang of these strollers up and down several parts of Europe . It happened that the merchant ...
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... languages . ' Here the printed story leaves off , but if I may give credit to reports , our linguist , having received such extraordinary rudi- ments towards a good education , was afterwards trained up in every thing that becomes a ...
... languages . ' Here the printed story leaves off , but if I may give credit to reports , our linguist , having received such extraordinary rudi- ments towards a good education , was afterwards trained up in every thing that becomes a ...
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... language which they did not understand : that chairs and flower - pots were introduced as actors upon the British stage : that a promiscuous assembly of men and women were allowed to meet at midnight in masques within the verge of the ...
... language which they did not understand : that chairs and flower - pots were introduced as actors upon the British stage : that a promiscuous assembly of men and women were allowed to meet at midnight in masques within the verge of the ...
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... languages . I have heard of a person who is more famous for his library than his learning , that has affected this more than once in his private conversation . to Were it true , I am sure he could not speak it from his own knowledge ...
... languages . I have heard of a person who is more famous for his library than his learning , that has affected this more than once in his private conversation . to Were it true , I am sure he could not speak it from his own knowledge ...
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Selections from Addison's Papers Contributed to the Spectator, Ed. by T. Arnold Joseph Addison Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
Términos y frases comunes
acquainted acrostic Addison Alcibiades anagrams appear atheist beautiful behaviour called character chearfulness Cicero club consider conversation creatures death discourse DRYDEN endeavour English entertainment Enville eternity Eustace Budgell Freeport friend Sir Roger genius gentleman give greatest hand happiness head hear heard heart honest Honeycomb honour Hudibras humour irreligion kind king knight lady learned letter likewise live look mankind manner marriage means mention mind mirth morality nation nature never observed occasion opera ourselves OVID paper particular party passion person pleased pleasure Plutarch poet present reader reason Rechteren reflexions religion ridicule Roger de Coverley says shew short Sir Andrew Sir Richard Baker Socrates soul Spectator speculations Tatler tells temper Theodosius thing thought tion told town verses VIRG Virgil virtue Whig whole woman words writing young
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Página 347 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Página 468 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Página 471 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale ; And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Página 405 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Página 394 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Página 470 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Página 160 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, And the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Página 402 - I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature ; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept. The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him.
Página 27 - Change, the whole parish politics being generally discussed in that place either after sermon or before the bell rings. My friend Sir Roger, being a good churchman, has beautified the inside of his church with several texts of his own choosing; he has likewise given a handsome pulpit-cloth, and railed in the communion table at his own expense.
Página 405 - I could discover nothing in it; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.