The Spectator, Volumen7Tonson, 1718 |
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... Humanity that fhould exprefs the Obligation to lie rather on my fide ; and as for the word Singular , I was always of opinion every Man must be fo , to be what one would desire him . Your very humble Servant , 19 J. R. Mr. SPECTATOR ...
... Humanity that fhould exprefs the Obligation to lie rather on my fide ; and as for the word Singular , I was always of opinion every Man must be fo , to be what one would desire him . Your very humble Servant , 19 J. R. Mr. SPECTATOR ...
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... human Life . A Garden was the Habitation of our first Parents before the Fall . It is naturally apt to fill the Mind with Calmnefs and Tranquillity , and to lay all its turbulent Paffions at reft . It gives us a great infight in- to the ...
... human Life . A Garden was the Habitation of our first Parents before the Fall . It is naturally apt to fill the Mind with Calmnefs and Tranquillity , and to lay all its turbulent Paffions at reft . It gives us a great infight in- to the ...
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... human Life ; and because we did not beforehand think of the Creature we were enamoured of , as fubject to Difhumour , Age , Sick- nefs , Impatience or Sullennefs , but altogether confidered her as the Object of Joy , human Nature it ...
... human Life ; and because we did not beforehand think of the Creature we were enamoured of , as fubject to Difhumour , Age , Sick- nefs , Impatience or Sullennefs , but altogether confidered her as the Object of Joy , human Nature it ...
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... human Life , is to be enjoy'd in greater Perfection in the marry'd , than in the fingle Condition . He that has this Paffion in perfection , in Occafions of Joy can fay himself , befides his own Satisfaction , How , happy will this make ...
... human Life , is to be enjoy'd in greater Perfection in the marry'd , than in the fingle Condition . He that has this Paffion in perfection , in Occafions of Joy can fay himself , befides his own Satisfaction , How , happy will this make ...
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... human Nature , rather than from the Guilt of the Perfor who fuffers . ANOTHER Confideration , that may check our Prefumption in putting fuch a Conftruction upon a Mif- fortune , is this , that it is impoffible for us to know what are ...
... human Nature , rather than from the Guilt of the Perfor who fuffers . ANOTHER Confideration , that may check our Prefumption in putting fuch a Conftruction upon a Mif- fortune , is this , that it is impoffible for us to know what are ...
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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.