The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Spectator [no. 162-483H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 8 sider |
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... character to be one of the most variable beings of the most variable kind , especially if we consider that he who is the great standard of perfection , has in him no shadow of change , but is the same yesterday , to - day , and for ever ...
... character to be one of the most variable beings of the most variable kind , especially if we consider that he who is the great standard of perfection , has in him no shadow of change , but is the same yesterday , to - day , and for ever ...
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... character , it is rather awful than amiable . Justice seems most agreeable to the nature of God , and mercy to that ... characters in human na- ture , there is none so odious , nor indeed so exquisitely ridi- culous , as that of a rigid ...
... character , it is rather awful than amiable . Justice seems most agreeable to the nature of God , and mercy to that ... characters in human na- ture , there is none so odious , nor indeed so exquisitely ridi- culous , as that of a rigid ...
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... character rise uppermost in the jealous husband's memory , and upbraid him with the ill usage of so divine a creature as was once in his possession ; whilst all the little imperfections that were before so uneasy to him , wear off from ...
... character rise uppermost in the jealous husband's memory , and upbraid him with the ill usage of so divine a creature as was once in his possession ; whilst all the little imperfections that were before so uneasy to him , wear off from ...
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... character ; and is secretly pleased or con- founded as he finds more or less of himself in it . The com- mendation of anything in another stirs up his jealousy , as it shows you have a value for others besides himself ; but the ...
... character ; and is secretly pleased or con- founded as he finds more or less of himself in it . The com- mendation of anything in another stirs up his jealousy , as it shows you have a value for others besides himself ; but the ...
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... character , you discover not only your dislike of an- other , but of himself . In short , he is so desirous of engross- ing all your love , that he is grieved at the want of any charm , which he believes has power to raise it ; and if ...
... character , you discover not only your dislike of an- other , but of himself . In short , he is so desirous of engross- ing all your love , that he is grieved at the want of any charm , which he believes has power to raise it ; and if ...
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Side 254 - O'er other creatures : yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best...
Side 281 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Side 439 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Side 446 - 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 noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Side 155 - 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...
Side 37 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Side 252 - By quick instinctive motion, up I sprung, As thitherward endeavouring, and upright Stood on my feet: about me round I saw Hill, dale, and shady woods, and sunny plains, And liquid lapse of murmuring streams; by these Creatures that lived and moved, and walked or flew; Birds on the branches warbling; ~a.ll things smiled; With fragrance and with joy my heart o'erflowed.
Side 228 - Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad...
Side 486 - 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.
Side 480 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.