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Strana 4
What I would therefore desire of you , is , to prevail with your friend who has promised to dissect a female tongue , that he would at the same time give us the anatomy of a female eye , and explain the springs and sluices which feed it ...
What I would therefore desire of you , is , to prevail with your friend who has promised to dissect a female tongue , that he would at the same time give us the anatomy of a female eye , and explain the springs and sluices which feed it ...
Strana 15
... were there not some common principle of action working equally with all men . And such a principle is ambition , or a desire of fame , by which great endowments are not suffered to lie idle and usea 255 . 15 SPECTATOR .
... were there not some common principle of action working equally with all men . And such a principle is ambition , or a desire of fame , by which great endowments are not suffered to lie idle and usea 255 . 15 SPECTATOR .
Strana 16
Were not this desire of fame very strong , the difficulty of obtaining it , and the danger of losing it when obtained , would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit . How few are there who are furnished with abilities ...
Were not this desire of fame very strong , the difficulty of obtaining it , and the danger of losing it when obtained , would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit . How few are there who are furnished with abilities ...
Strana 17
When therefore they have discovered the passionate desire of fame in the ambitious man , ( as no temper of mind is more apt to shew itself ) they become sparing and reserved in their commendations , they envy him the satisfaction of an ...
When therefore they have discovered the passionate desire of fame in the ambitious man , ( as no temper of mind is more apt to shew itself ) they become sparing and reserved in their commendations , they envy him the satisfaction of an ...
Strana 18
Besides , this very desire of fame is looked on as a meanness and imperfection in the greatest character . A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down , with a generous neglect , on the censures and applauses of the multitude ...
Besides , this very desire of fame is looked on as a meanness and imperfection in the greatest character . A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down , with a generous neglect , on the censures and applauses of the multitude ...
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Populárne pasáže
Strana 356 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world ; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Strana 4 - Then, at the last and only couplet fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.
Strana 360 - And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure (Severe, but in true filial freedom placed), Whence true authority in men ; though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seem'd ; For contemplation he, and valour, form'd ; For softness she, and sweet attractive grace ; He for God only, she for God in him...
Strana 360 - Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad, In naked majesty seem'd lords of all : And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure (Severe, but in true filial freedom placed), Whence true authority in men...
Strana 251 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Strana 160 - They heard, and were abashed, and up they sprung Upon the wing; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel; Yet to their general's voice they soon obeyed, Innumerable.
Strana 251 - Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.
Strana 289 - There went a fame in heaven, that he ere long Intended to create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the sons of heaven.
Strana 129 - ... chief talent, and indeed his distinguishing excellence, lies in the sublimity of his thoughts. There are others of the moderns, who rival him in every other part of poetry ; but in the greatness of his sentiments he triumphs over all the poets, both modern and ancient, Homer only excepted. It is impossible for the imagination of man to distend itself with greater ideas than those which he has laid together in his first, second, and sixth books.
Strana 287 - O'er Heaven's high towers to force resistless way, Turning our tortures into horrid arms Against the Torturer; when to meet the noise Of his almighty engine he shall hear Infernal thunder; and, for lightning, see Black fire and horror shot with equal rage Among his Angels; and his throne itself Mix'd with Tartarean sulphur, and strange fire, His own invented torments.
Bibliografické informácie
| Názov | The Spectator ... British classics – Zväzky 6–9;Zväzok 11 Select British classics – Zväzky 11–18 The Spectator – Zväzok 4, Sir Richard Steele |
| Autor | Joseph Addison |
| Vydavateľ | John Sharpe, 1803 |
| Zdroj originálu: | Harvardská univerzita |
| Digitalizované | 29. feb. 2008 |
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