The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Tatler and Spectator [no. 1-160H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 8 strán (strany) |
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Strana iv
... English poets abound in forced conceits and affected phrases ; and even those who are said to come the nearest to exactness , are but too often fond of unnatural beauties , and aim at something better than perfection . If Mr. Addison's ...
... English poets abound in forced conceits and affected phrases ; and even those who are said to come the nearest to exactness , are but too often fond of unnatural beauties , and aim at something better than perfection . If Mr. Addison's ...
Strana 1
... English tongue , in all its purity and deli- cacy ; and a vein of humour , which flowed naturally and abundantly from him on every subject ; and which experience hath shown to be inimit- able . But it is in the former respect only that ...
... English tongue , in all its purity and deli- cacy ; and a vein of humour , which flowed naturally and abundantly from him on every subject ; and which experience hath shown to be inimit- able . But it is in the former respect only that ...
Strana 63
... English poets whatsoever ; but shall only mention that which follows , in which he describes the fallen angels engaged in the intricate disputes of predestination , free - will , and fore- knowledge ; and to humour the perplexity ...
... English poets whatsoever ; but shall only mention that which follows , in which he describes the fallen angels engaged in the intricate disputes of predestination , free - will , and fore- knowledge ; and to humour the perplexity ...
Strana 86
... English stage . : The Athenians , at a time when they were the most polite , as well as the most powerful government in the world , made the care of the stage one of the chief parts of the adminis- tration and I must confess , I am ...
... English stage . : The Athenians , at a time when they were the most polite , as well as the most powerful government in the world , made the care of the stage one of the chief parts of the adminis- tration and I must confess , I am ...
Strana 93
... English nation ; as is too visible ( said he ) from many late pamphlets , speeches , and sermons , as well as from the ordinary conversations of the youth of this age . He then quoted an ingenious person , who would undertake to know by ...
... English nation ; as is too visible ( said he ) from many late pamphlets , speeches , and sermons , as well as from the ordinary conversations of the youth of this age . He then quoted an ingenious person , who would undertake to know by ...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Tatler and Spectator ... Joseph Addison Úplné zobrazenie - 1863 |
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Strana 63 - But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Strana 63 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Strana 502 - I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trapdoors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. ' The genius seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it : " Take thine eyes off the bridge," said he, " and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up,
Strana 501 - Examine now, said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide.
Strana 228 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Strana 43 - 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 : All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded ; wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows...
Strana 159 - As one who, long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn, to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight ; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Strana 503 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Strana 446 - I AM always very well pleased with a country Sunday, and think, if keeping holy the seventh day were only a human institution, it would be the best method that could have been thought of for the polishing and civilizing of mankind. It is certain the country people would soon degenerate into a kind of savages and barbarians, were there not such frequent returns of a stated time, in which the whole village meet together with their best faces, and in their cleanliest habits, to converse with one another...
Strana 259 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep: All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Beth day and night.