The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... soon as my new clothes are made , and hay - harvest is in . I could , though I say it , have good ............... . The rest is torn off ; and posterity must be contented to know , that Mrs. Margaret Clark was very pretty ; but are left ...
... soon as my new clothes are made , and hay - harvest is in . I could , though I say it , have good ............... . The rest is torn off ; and posterity must be contented to know , that Mrs. Margaret Clark was very pretty ; but are left ...
Strana 17
... soon return'd , Pleas'd it return'd as soon with answering looks Of sympathy and love : there I had fix'd Mine eyes till now , and pin'd with a vain desire , Had not a voice thus warn'd me : " What thou seest , What there thou seest ...
... soon return'd , Pleas'd it return'd as soon with answering looks Of sympathy and love : there I had fix'd Mine eyes till now , and pin'd with a vain desire , Had not a voice thus warn'd me : " What thou seest , What there thou seest ...
Strana 20
... soon after , and give him an opportunity to break his mind . ' I am , SIR , " Your most humble servant , 6 MARY COMFIT . ' ' If I observe he cannot speak , I'll give him time to recover himself , and ask him how he does . ' ' DEAR SIR ...
... soon after , and give him an opportunity to break his mind . ' I am , SIR , " Your most humble servant , 6 MARY COMFIT . ' ' If I observe he cannot speak , I'll give him time to recover himself , and ask him how he does . ' ' DEAR SIR ...
Strana 22
... soon as she came home , she fell to it with such an appetite , that she seemed rather to devour than eat it . What her next sally will be I cannot guess ; but , in the mean time , my request to you is , that if there be any way to come ...
... soon as she came home , she fell to it with such an appetite , that she seemed rather to devour than eat it . What her next sally will be I cannot guess ; but , in the mean time , my request to you is , that if there be any way to come ...
Strana 37
... of this motion , I will wait upon you as soon as my new clothes are * In some counties 20 , in some 24 , and in others 30 acres of land . Virgata Terræ . VOL . V. E made , and hay - harvest is in . I N ° 328. * 37 SPECTATOR .
... of this motion , I will wait upon you as soon as my new clothes are * In some counties 20 , in some 24 , and in others 30 acres of land . Virgata Terræ . VOL . V. E made , and hay - harvest is in . I N ° 328. * 37 SPECTATOR .
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Strana 266 - the gate With dreadful faces throng'd and fiery arms: Some natural tears they dropp'd, but wip'd them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.' If I might presume to offer at the smallest alteration in this divine work, I should think the poem would end better with the passage
Strana 12 - dare say my reader will pardon me the quotation. ON THE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF PEMBROKE. ‘Underneath this marble hearse Lies the subject of all verse, Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother: Death, ere thou hast kill'd another, Fair and learn'd, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Strana 230 - the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God. -- ‘ To heaven their prayer - Flew up, nor miss'd the way, by envious winds Blown vagabond or frustrate; in they pass'd - Dimensionless through heav'nly doors, then clad With incense, where the golden altar, fum'd
Strana 137 - and left some part Not proof enough such object to sustain; Or from my side subducting, took perhaps More than enough; at least on her bestow'd Too much of ornament, in outward show - Elaborate, of inward less exact. When I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, - And in herself complete, so well to know
Strana 19 - desire, Had not a voice thus warn'd me: “What thou seest, What there thou seest, fair creature, is thyself; With thee it came and goes: but follow me, And I will bring thee where no shadow stays Thy coming and thy soft embraces: he Whose image thou art, him thou shalt enjoy Inseparably thine; to
Strana 137 - falls Degraded: wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanc'd, and like folly shews: Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally; and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind and nobleness their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe • About her, as a
Strana 199 - and behold a pale horse, and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him: and power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with sickness, and with the beasts of the earth.' Under this first head of celestial persons we must likewise take notice -of the
Strana 134 - Thou Sun,' said I, ‘fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus? how here?' His next sentiment, when, upon his first going to
Strana 104 - jocund to run His longitude through heaven's high road; the gray Dawn. and the Pleiades before him danc'd, Shedding sweet influence. Less bright the moon, -. But opposite in levell'd west was set His mirror, with full face borrowing her light From him, for other lights she needed none- In that aspect, and still the distance