The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Bind 7George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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Side 6
... matter so high , as to intimate that the liberties of England have been at the mercy of a prince merely as he was of this pleasant character . MR . SPECTATOR , THERE is no one passion which all man- kind so naturally give into as pride ...
... matter so high , as to intimate that the liberties of England have been at the mercy of a prince merely as he was of this pleasant character . MR . SPECTATOR , THERE is no one passion which all man- kind so naturally give into as pride ...
Side 16
... matter . Poverty on this occasion pleads her cause very notably , and represents to her old landlord , that , should she be driven out of the country , all their trades , arts , and sciences , would be driven out with her ; and that ...
... matter . Poverty on this occasion pleads her cause very notably , and represents to her old landlord , that , should she be driven out of the country , all their trades , arts , and sciences , would be driven out with her ; and that ...
Side 22
... matter for an ode , the reader may see it wrought into the fol- lowing one . 1 . " The spacious firmament on high , With all the blue ethereal sky , And spangled heavens , a shining frame , Their great Original proclaim : Th ' unwearied ...
... matter for an ode , the reader may see it wrought into the fol- lowing one . 1 . " The spacious firmament on high , With all the blue ethereal sky , And spangled heavens , a shining frame , Their great Original proclaim : Th ' unwearied ...
Side 27
... matter in a very plain and advantageous light ; and I am convinced from it , that if the art was under proper regulations , it would be a mechanic way of implanting insensibly , in minds not capable of re- ceiving it so well by any ...
... matter in a very plain and advantageous light ; and I am convinced from it , that if the art was under proper regulations , it would be a mechanic way of implanting insensibly , in minds not capable of re- ceiving it so well by any ...
Side 28
... matter , and for that reason only disesteem it . I must also , in my own justifica- tion , say , that I attempt to bring into the service of honour and virtue every thing in nature that can pre- tend to give elegant delight . It may ...
... matter , and for that reason only disesteem it . I must also , in my own justifica- tion , say , that I attempt to bring into the service of honour and virtue every thing in nature that can pre- tend to give elegant delight . It may ...
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Side 22 - 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 36 - ... rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment ? that were wont to set the table on a roar...
Side 22 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Side 378 - To be, or not to be! that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The stings and arrows of outrageous fortune; Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them...
Side 378 - But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of?
Side 378 - tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die, to sleep— No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heartache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep; To sleep...
Side 55 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Side 96 - WHO shall decide, when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me...
Side 327 - God, and separate spirits, are made up of the simple ideas we receive from reflection, vg having from what we experiment in ourselves, got the ideas of existence and duration; of knowledge and power; of pleasure and happiness; and of several other qualities and powers, which it is better to have, than to be without; when we would frame an idea the most suitable we can to the supreme being, we enlarge every one of these with our idea of infinity; and so putting them together, make our complex idea...
Side 55 - And feel thy sovran vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.