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... and being next heir to Sir Roger , he has quitted a way of life in which no man can rise suitably to his merit , who is not something of a courtier , as well as a soldier . I have heard him often lament , 14 READINGS FROM THE SPECTATOR .
... and being next heir to Sir Roger , he has quitted a way of life in which no man can rise suitably to his merit , who is not something of a courtier , as well as a soldier . I have heard him often lament , 14 READINGS FROM THE SPECTATOR .
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... rise and go to bed when I please , dine at his own table or in my chamber as I think fit , sit still and say nothing without bidding me be merry . When the gentlemen of the country come to see him he only shows me at a distance . As I ...
... rise and go to bed when I please , dine at his own table or in my chamber as I think fit , sit still and say nothing without bidding me be merry . When the gentlemen of the country come to see him he only shows me at a distance . As I ...
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... rise between the parson and the ' squire , who live in a perpetual state of war . The parson is always preaching at the ' squire , and the ' squire to be revenged on the parson never comes to church . The ' squire has made all his ...
... rise between the parson and the ' squire , who live in a perpetual state of war . The parson is always preaching at the ' squire , and the ' squire to be revenged on the parson never comes to church . The ' squire has made all his ...
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... rise above the clouds . 3. There was a certain lady of a thin airy shape , who was very active in this solemnity . She carried a magnifying - glass in one of her hands , and was clothed in a loose flowing robe , embroidered with several ...
... rise above the clouds . 3. There was a certain lady of a thin airy shape , who was very active in this solemnity . She carried a magnifying - glass in one of her hands , and was clothed in a loose flowing robe , embroidered with several ...
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... rise and perish upon a single touch ; those of other languages are like the notes of wind instruments , sweet and swelling , and lengthened out into variety of modulation . 5. In the next place we may observe , that where the words are ...
... rise and perish upon a single touch ; those of other languages are like the notes of wind instruments , sweet and swelling , and lengthened out into variety of modulation . 5. In the next place we may observe , that where the words are ...
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Readings from the Spectator. with Notes Joseph Addison,Spectator (The) Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
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Seite 59 - ... thick for the eye to penetrate, I saw the valley opening at the farther end, and spreading forth into an immense ocean, that had a huge rock of adamant running through the midst of it, and dividing it into two equal parts. The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among...
Seite 20 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if, by chance, he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and, if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servants to them.
Seite 56 - ... him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him. He lifted me from the ground, and taking me by the hand, 'Mirza,' said he, 'I have heard thee in thy soliloquies; follow me.
Seite 55 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Seite 14 - He will often argue, that if this part of our trade were Well cultivated, we should gain from one nation ; and if another, from another. I have heard him prove, that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valour, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword. He abounds in several frugal •maxims, amongst which the greatest favourite is,. ' A penny saved is a penny got.
Seite 13 - He is now in his fifty-sixth year, cheerful, gay, and hearty; keeps a good house both in town and country; a great lover of mankind; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company.
Seite 7 - I have observed that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor; with other particulars of a like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Seite 58 - I, man was made in vain ! How is he given away to misery and mortality! tortured in life, and swallowed up in death! The genius being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. Look no more...
Seite 59 - I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands...
Seite 92 - The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.