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 74
... Longinus has made upon the original . By that means he will know to which of the translations he ought to give the preference . I shall only add , that this transla tion is written in the very spirit of Sappho , 74 No. 229 . THE SPECTATOR .
... Longinus has made upon the original . By that means he will know to which of the translations he ought to give the preference . I shall only add , that this transla tion is written in the very spirit of Sappho , 74 No. 229 . THE SPECTATOR .
Strana 75
Spectator The. tion is written in the very spirit of Sappho , and as near the Greek as the genius of our language will possibly suffer . Longinus has observed , that this description of love in Sappho is an exact copy of nature ; and ...
Spectator The. tion is written in the very spirit of Sappho , and as near the Greek as the genius of our language will possibly suffer . Longinus has observed , that this description of love in Sappho is an exact copy of nature ; and ...
Strana 80
... spirit of politeness , that I could not but be very much pleased with it myself , and question not but it will be as acceptable to the reader . ' MR . SPECTATOR , You , who are no stranger to public assem- blies , can not but have ...
... spirit of politeness , that I could not but be very much pleased with it myself , and question not but it will be as acceptable to the reader . ' MR . SPECTATOR , You , who are no stranger to public assem- blies , can not but have ...
Strana 81
... spirits , and grew fit for some living part . ' As this sudden desertion of one's self shows a diffidence which is not displeasing , it implies at the same time the greatest respect to an audience that can be . It is a sort of mute ...
... spirits , and grew fit for some living part . ' As this sudden desertion of one's self shows a diffidence which is not displeasing , it implies at the same time the greatest respect to an audience that can be . It is a sort of mute ...
Strana 85
... spirit , such a despicable cowardice , such a degenerate , abject state of mind , as one would think human nature incapable of , did we not meet with frequent instances of it in ordinary conversation . There is another kind of vicious ...
... spirit , such a despicable cowardice , such a degenerate , abject state of mind , as one would think human nature incapable of , did we not meet with frequent instances of it in ordinary conversation . There is another kind of vicious ...
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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...