The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the lives of the authors, and explanatory notes. 12 vols. [in 6]., Zväzky 5–61853 |
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Strana 5
... tion of passions which perplexed the hearts of the poor negroes , that often dropped expressions of the uneasiness they underwent , and how impossi ble it was for either of them ever to be happy . After a long struggle between love and ...
... tion of passions which perplexed the hearts of the poor negroes , that often dropped expressions of the uneasiness they underwent , and how impossi ble it was for either of them ever to be happy . After a long struggle between love and ...
Strana 18
... tion of a high name be virtue and service , all that is offered against it is but rumour , which is too short - lived to stand up in competition with glory , which is everlasting . Reputation , which is the portion of every man who ...
... tion of a high name be virtue and service , all that is offered against it is but rumour , which is too short - lived to stand up in competition with glory , which is everlasting . Reputation , which is the portion of every man who ...
Strana 23
... tion . We may indeed say , that our part does not suit us , and that we could act another better . But this , ' says the philosopher , is not our business . All that we are concerned in is to excel in the part which is given us . If it ...
... tion . We may indeed say , that our part does not suit us , and that we could act another better . But this , ' says the philosopher , is not our business . All that we are concerned in is to excel in the part which is given us . If it ...
Strana 39
... tion the harmless smokers of tobacco and takers of snuff . The lower part of mankind , whom my corres- pondent wonders should get estates , are the more immediately formed for that pursuit . They can expect distant things without ...
... tion the harmless smokers of tobacco and takers of snuff . The lower part of mankind , whom my corres- pondent wonders should get estates , are the more immediately formed for that pursuit . They can expect distant things without ...
Strana 47
... tion would have kindled within him , and prompt- ed him to distinguish himself in some enterprise of a lower nature . Since therefore no man's lot is so unalterably fixed in this life , but that a thou- sand accidents may either forward ...
... tion would have kindled within him , and prompt- ed him to distinguish himself in some enterprise of a lower nature . Since therefore no man's lot is so unalterably fixed in this life , but that a thou- sand accidents may either forward ...
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Strana 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...
Strana 107 - And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Strana 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.
Strana 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...
Strana 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...
Strana 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...
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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...