The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]; with notes, and a general index1811 |
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... believe you are the first ever asked who he was . There are , I must confess , many to whom my person is as well known as that of their nearest relations , who give them- selves no further trouble about calling me by my name or quality ...
... believe you are the first ever asked who he was . There are , I must confess , many to whom my person is as well known as that of their nearest relations , who give them- selves no further trouble about calling me by my name or quality ...
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... believe will give the reader as good an entertainment as any that I am able to furnish him with , and therefore shall make no apology for them : ' SIR , ' TO THE SPECTATOR , & c . I AM One of the directors of the society for the ...
... believe will give the reader as good an entertainment as any that I am able to furnish him with , and therefore shall make no apology for them : ' SIR , ' TO THE SPECTATOR , & c . I AM One of the directors of the society for the ...
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... believe , ceremony to be used in the kouse ; as many wise and good men have done , that there at I walk into the kitchen or par- are such phantoms and apparitions as those I have ing taken notice of , or giving any been speaking of ...
... believe , ceremony to be used in the kouse ; as many wise and good men have done , that there at I walk into the kitchen or par- are such phantoms and apparitions as those I have ing taken notice of , or giving any been speaking of ...
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... believe , and have a separate society within them- is left to elect from any school provided the candidates be within b , as set forth in a table , entitled , mity ; a clause or two of which you . Son whatsoever shall be admitted ...
... believe , and have a separate society within them- is left to elect from any school provided the candidates be within b , as set forth in a table , entitled , mity ; a clause or two of which you . Son whatsoever shall be admitted ...
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... believe . ROSCOMMON . THE word Spectator being most usually understood as one of the audience at public representations in our theatres , I seldom fail of many letters relating to plays and operas . But indeed there are such monstrous ...
... believe . ROSCOMMON . THE word Spectator being most usually understood as one of the audience at public representations in our theatres , I seldom fail of many letters relating to plays and operas . But indeed there are such monstrous ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquaintance action ADDISON admiration Æneid agreeable Alcibiades appear Aristotle beauty behaviour character consider conversation creature desire discourse dress DRYDEN endeavour entertainment father favour fortune genius gentleman give greatest hand happy head hear heart Homer honour hope Hudibras humble servant humour Iliad imagination innocent kind king lady learned letter live look lover mankind manner marriage matter means mind Mohocks nature neral never obliged observe occasion opinion OVID paper Paradise Lost particular pass passion person Pharamond Pict Plato pleased pleasure Plutarch poem poet present prince proper racter reader reason received renegado ROSCOMMON Sappho sense Sir Roger Socrates soul speak SPECTATOR spirit STEELE tell temper Theodosius thing thou thought tion told town turn VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman women words write young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 206 - If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering : If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep...
Seite 29 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, 1 consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
Seite 206 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: because I deliv-10 ered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Seite 435 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Seite 427 - And I looked, and behold, a pale horse : and his name that sat on him was Death, and hell followed with him.
Seite 181 - I here fetched a deep sigh. Alas, said 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, bade me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. Look no more...
Seite 355 - 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, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven : The roof was fretted gold.
Seite 181 - There were indeed some persons, but their number was very small, that continued a kind of hobbling march on the broken arches, but fell through one after another, being quite tired and spent with so long a walk.
Seite 206 - If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; (What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him ? Did not he that made me in the womb make him ? and did not One fashion us in the womb...
Seite 249 - If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon upon him, I shall make use of the same instance to illustrate the force of education, which Aristotle has brought to explain his doctrine of substantial forms, when he tells us that a statue lies hid in a block of marble ; and that the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish. The figure is in the stone, and the sculptor only finds it.