The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the lives of the authors, and explanatory notes. 12 vols. [in 6]., Bind 5–61853 |
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Side 53
... fable , strong and blind , endued with an irresistible force , which , for want of sight , is of no use to him . Eccl . vi . 9. - xxvii . 17 . Though a man has all other perfections , and wants No. 225 . 53 THE SPECTATOR .
... fable , strong and blind , endued with an irresistible force , which , for want of sight , is of no use to him . Eccl . vi . 9. - xxvii . 17 . Though a man has all other perfections , and wants No. 225 . 53 THE SPECTATOR .
Side 112
... fables of the poets , which seem to reflect on the gods as the authors of injustice ; and lays it down as a principle , That whatever is permitted to befall a just man , whether poverty , sickness , or any of those things which seem to ...
... fables of the poets , which seem to reflect on the gods as the authors of injustice ; and lays it down as a principle , That whatever is permitted to befall a just man , whether poverty , sickness , or any of those things which seem to ...
Side 244
... fable to report , that this gen- tleman gives away all which is the overplus of a great fortune , by secret methods , to other men . If he has not the pomp of a numerous train , and of professors of service to him , he has every 244 No ...
... fable to report , that this gen- tleman gives away all which is the overplus of a great fortune , by secret methods , to other men . If he has not the pomp of a numerous train , and of professors of service to him , he has every 244 No ...
Side 259
... fable , which is per- fect or imperfect according as the action which it relates is more or less so . This action should have three qualifications in it ; First , it should be but one action ; Secondly , it should be an entire ac- tion ...
... fable , which is per- fect or imperfect according as the action which it relates is more or less so . This action should have three qualifications in it ; First , it should be but one action ; Secondly , it should be an entire ac- tion ...
Side 260
... fable , though at the same time that great critic and philosopher endeavours to palliate this imperfection in the Greek poet , by imputing it in some measure to the very nature of an epic poem . Some have been of opinion that the Eneid ...
... fable , though at the same time that great critic and philosopher endeavours to palliate this imperfection in the Greek poet , by imputing it in some measure to the very nature of an epic poem . Some have been of opinion that the Eneid ...
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acquaintance action ADDISON admiration Æneid agreeable appear Aristotle beauty behaviour cern character CHARLES DIEUPART circumstances consider creature critics daugh desire discourse dress endeavour entertain Enville epic poem fable fame father favour female fortune gentleman give greatest Greek happy head heart Homer honour hope Hudibras humble servant humour husband Iliad imagination innocent Julius Cæsar kind lady leap letter live look lover lover's leap mankind manner marriage matter ment merit Milton mind nature never obliged observed occasion opinion Ovid paper Paradise Lost particular pass passion person pleased pleasure Plutarch poem poet portunity present proper racters reader reason Sappho sentiments sion soul speak SPECTATOR speculations spirit STEELE tell Thammuz thing thought tion told town ture turn verse VIRG Virgil virtue whole wife woman words write young
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Side 177 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Side 107 - And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Side 179 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno to descry new lands, .Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe; His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
Side 181 - To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: attention held them mute. Thrice he assayed, and thrice in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth...
Side 185 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
Side 170 - Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee In unreprove'd pleasures free...
Side 180 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.
Side 180 - Farewell happy fields, Where joy for ever dwells : Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
Side 3 - The figure is in the stone, and the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.
Side 6 - It is therefore an unspeakable blessing, to be born in those parts of the world where wisdom and knowledge flourish ; though, it must be confessed, there are, even in these parts, several poor uninstructed persons, who are but little above the inhabitants of those nations of which I have been here speaking...