The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Spectator [no. 162-483H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 8 sider |
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Side 37
... likewise thereof complain : if I have eaten the fruits thereof without money , or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life : let thistles grow instead of wheat , and cockle instead of barley . " No. 179. TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 25 ...
... likewise thereof complain : if I have eaten the fruits thereof without money , or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life : let thistles grow instead of wheat , and cockle instead of barley . " No. 179. TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 25 ...
Side 39
... likewise observe , that the gloominess in which sometimes the minds of the best men are involved , very often stands in need of such little incite- ments to mirth and laughter as are apt to disperse melan- choly , and put our faculties ...
... likewise observe , that the gloominess in which sometimes the minds of the best men are involved , very often stands in need of such little incite- ments to mirth and laughter as are apt to disperse melan- choly , and put our faculties ...
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... likewise more ancient than any that is ex- tant , besides the above - mentioned , and had so good an effect , as to convey instruction to the ear of a king without offend- ing it , and to bring the man after God's own heart to a right ...
... likewise more ancient than any that is ex- tant , besides the above - mentioned , and had so good an effect , as to convey instruction to the ear of a king without offend- ing it , and to bring the man after God's own heart to a right ...
Side 46
... likewise their fa- vourite kind of fable . I shall only further observe upon it , that the first of this sort that made any considerable figure in the world , was that of Hercules meeting with Pleasure and Virtue ; which was invented by ...
... likewise their fa- vourite kind of fable . I shall only further observe upon it , that the first of this sort that made any considerable figure in the world , was that of Hercules meeting with Pleasure and Virtue ; which was invented by ...
Side 50
... likewise informed that he has this year had a very com- fortable nap . The poets value themselves very much for sleeping on Parnassus , but I never heard they got a groat by it : on the contrary , our friend Nicholas gets more by sleep ...
... likewise informed that he has this year had a very com- fortable nap . The poets value themselves very much for sleeping on Parnassus , but I never heard they got a groat by it : on the contrary , our friend Nicholas gets more by sleep ...
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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.