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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Výsledky 6 - 10 z 78.
Strana 36
... seems reserved as a proper employment for you ; I mean a disquisition , from whence it pro- ceeds , that men of the brightest parts , and most comprehensive genius , completely furnished with talents for any province in human affairs ...
... seems reserved as a proper employment for you ; I mean a disquisition , from whence it pro- ceeds , that men of the brightest parts , and most comprehensive genius , completely furnished with talents for any province in human affairs ...
Strana 38
... seem'd to be Not one , but all mankind's epitome . Stiff in opinion , always in the wrong , Was every thing by starts , and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon , Was chemist , fiddler , statesman , and buffoon ; Then ...
... seem'd to be Not one , but all mankind's epitome . Stiff in opinion , always in the wrong , Was every thing by starts , and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon , Was chemist , fiddler , statesman , and buffoon ; Then ...
Strana 41
... seems to have been made up of love and poetry ; she felt the passion in all its warmth , and described it in all its symptoms . She is called by ancient authors the tenth muse ; and by Plutarch is compared to Cacus , the son of Vulcan ...
... seems to have been made up of love and poetry ; she felt the passion in all its warmth , and described it in all its symptoms . She is called by ancient authors the tenth muse ; and by Plutarch is compared to Cacus , the son of Vulcan ...
Strana 45
... seem highly probable that ambition runs through 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 ...
... seem highly probable that ambition runs through 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 ...
Strana 47
... seem equal to the possible ex- tent of his improved capacity . Thus nature furnishes a man with a general ap- petite of glory , education determines it to this or that particular object . The desire of distinction is not No. 224 . 47 ...
... seem equal to the possible ex- tent of his improved capacity . Thus nature furnishes a man with a general ap- petite of glory , education determines it to this or that particular object . The desire of distinction is not No. 224 . 47 ...
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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...