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 14
... whole club , at our last meeting , to give you entrance for one night , as a spectator . " I am , your humble servant , ' KITTY TERMAGANT . ' P. S. We shall demolish a prude next Thurs- day . ' Though I thank Kitty for her kind offer ...
... whole club , at our last meeting , to give you entrance for one night , as a spectator . " I am , your humble servant , ' KITTY TERMAGANT . ' P. S. We shall demolish a prude next Thurs- day . ' Though I thank Kitty for her kind offer ...
Strana 32
... whole book of Quæ Genus , adding , however , such explications to it , as he thought might be for the benefit of his people . He afterwards entered upon As in Præ- senti , which he converted in the same manner to the use of his ...
... whole book of Quæ Genus , adding , however , such explications to it , as he thought might be for the benefit of his people . He afterwards entered upon As in Præ- senti , which he converted in the same manner to the use of his ...
Strana 33
... whole town , as they can not think of any name which begins with that letter , except Xenophon and Xerxes , who can neither of them be supposed to have had any hand in these speculations . In answer to these inquisitive gentlemen , who ...
... whole town , as they can not think of any name which begins with that letter , except Xenophon and Xerxes , who can neither of them be supposed to have had any hand in these speculations . In answer to these inquisitive gentlemen , who ...
Strana 45
... whole species , and that every man , in pro- portion to the vigour of his complexion , is more or less actuated by it . It is indeed no uncommon thing to meet with men who , by the natural bent of their inclinations , and without the ...
... whole species , and that every man , in pro- portion to the vigour of his complexion , is more or less actuated by it . It is indeed no uncommon thing to meet with men who , by the natural bent of their inclinations , and without the ...
Strana 54
... whole horizon , cunning is a kind of short - sightedness that discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand , but is not able to discern things at a distance . Discre- tion , the more it is discovered , gives a greater authority ...
... whole horizon , cunning is a kind of short - sightedness that discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand , but is not able to discern things at a distance . Discre- tion , the more it is discovered , gives a greater authority ...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the ..., Zväzky 1–2 Spectator The Úplné zobrazenie - 1853 |
The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the ..., Zväzky 3–4 Spectator The Úplné zobrazenie - 1853 |
The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the ..., Zväzky 11–12 Spectator The Úplné zobrazenie - 1853 |
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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
Populárne pasáže
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...