The Spectator, Volumen7Tonson, 1718 |
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Página 41
... speak ; fhould be efteem'd by Pliny the necef- fary Qualifications of a fine Speaker . Shakespear also has exprefs'd himself in the fame favourable Strain of Modefty , when he fays , In the Modefty of fearful Duty " I read as much as ...
... speak ; fhould be efteem'd by Pliny the necef- fary Qualifications of a fine Speaker . Shakespear also has exprefs'd himself in the fame favourable Strain of Modefty , when he fays , In the Modefty of fearful Duty " I read as much as ...
Página 42
... empty Blufterers carry away the Praife of Speaking , while a Crowd of Fellows over - ftock'd with Knowledge are run down by them : 1 fay with 42 N ° 484 . The SPECTATOR . the modeft Man implores that favourable Opinion which ...
... empty Blufterers carry away the Praife of Speaking , while a Crowd of Fellows over - ftock'd with Knowledge are run down by them : 1 fay with 42 N ° 484 . The SPECTATOR . the modeft Man implores that favourable Opinion which ...
Página 56
... speak a Word or two upon the prefent Duties on Caftle - Soap . But there is none of thefe my Correspondents , who writes with a greater Turn of good Senfe and Elegance of Expreffion , than the gene- rous Philomedes , who advises me to ...
... speak a Word or two upon the prefent Duties on Caftle - Soap . But there is none of thefe my Correspondents , who writes with a greater Turn of good Senfe and Elegance of Expreffion , than the gene- rous Philomedes , who advises me to ...
Página 67
... Speaking , were but fo many Attitudes in which he beheld her Beauty , and further Incentives of his Defire . All Humanity was loft in that one Appetite , and he figni- fied to her in fo many plain Terms , that he was unhappy till he had ...
... Speaking , were but fo many Attitudes in which he beheld her Beauty , and further Incentives of his Defire . All Humanity was loft in that one Appetite , and he figni- fied to her in fo many plain Terms , that he was unhappy till he had ...
Página 72
... speaking • Mein , can look fignificantly , can lifp , can trip , can loll , can start , can blufh , can rage , can weep , if I muft do it , and can be frighted , as agreeably as any She in Eng- land . All which is humbly fubmitted to ...
... speaking • Mein , can look fignificantly , can lifp , can trip , can loll , can start , can blufh , can rage , can weep , if I muft do it , and can be frighted , as agreeably as any She in Eng- land . All which is humbly fubmitted to ...
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Página 114 - ... discourse, or distract you so that you cannot go on, and by consequence, if they cannot be as witty as you are, they can hinder your being any wittier than they are. Thus, if you talk of a candle, he
Página 221 - When you glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as you can. for even yet will he far exceed. And when you exalt him, put forth all your strength, and be not weary: for you can never go far enough.
Página 59 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble : they reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Página 175 - ... we see no chasms or gaps. All quite down from us the descent is by easy steps, and a continued series of things, that in each remove differ very little one from the other.
Página 167 - ... parish, that he has left money to build a steeple to the church : for he was heard to say some time ago, that if he lived two years longer, Coverley church should have a steeple to it.
Página 161 - Catholic world in the following manner. ' There were not ever, before the entrance of the Christian name into the world, men who have maintained a more renowned carriage, than the two great rivals who possess the full fame of the present age, and will be the theme and examination of the future.
Página 168 - This letter, notwithstanding the poor butler's manner of writing it, gave us such an idea of our good old friend, that upon the reading of it there was not a dry eye in the club. Sir Andrew, opening the book, found it to be a collection of acts of parliament.
Página 77 - His Latin and Greek stood him in little stead ; he was to give an account only of the state of his soul : whether he was of the number of the elect ; what was the occasion of his conversion ; upon what day of the month and hour of the day it happened ; how it was carried on, and when completed. The whole examination was summed up with one short question, namely, whether he was prepared for death...
Página 197 - ... fellow, upon changing his condition, will be no longer puzzled how to stand the raillery of his facetious companions; that he need not own he married only to plunder an heiress of her fortune, nor pretend that he uses her ill, to avoid the ridiculous name of a fond husband.
Página 173 - On the other hand, if we look into the more bulky parts of nature, we see the seas, lakes, and rivers, teeming with numberless kinds of living creatures.