Selections from the Spectator of Addison and SteeleE. P. Dutton & Company, 1896 - 410 Seiten |
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... endeavor at the same end with himself , the favor of a commander . He will , however , in his way of talk , excuse generals , for not dispos- ing according to men's desert , or inquiring into it ; for , says he , that great man who has ...
... endeavor at the same end with himself , the favor of a commander . He will , however , in his way of talk , excuse generals , for not dispos- ing according to men's desert , or inquiring into it ; for , says he , that great man who has ...
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... endeavor to gain themselves the reputation of wits and humorists , by such mon- strous conceits as almost qualify them for Bedlam ; not considering that humor should always lie under the check of reason , and that it requires the direc ...
... endeavor to gain themselves the reputation of wits and humorists , by such mon- strous conceits as almost qualify them for Bedlam ; not considering that humor should always lie under the check of reason , and that it requires the direc ...
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... endeavor to ridicule both friends and foes indifferently . For having but small talents , he must be merry where he can , not where he should . Fourthly , Being entirely void of reason , he pur- sues no point either of morality or ...
... endeavor to ridicule both friends and foes indifferently . For having but small talents , he must be merry where he can , not where he should . Fourthly , Being entirely void of reason , he pur- sues no point either of morality or ...
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... endeavor to make them such . : When our consciousness turns upon the main de- sign of life , and our thoughts are employed upon the chief purpose either in business or pleasure , we shall never betray an affectation , for we cannot be ...
... endeavor to make them such . : When our consciousness turns upon the main de- sign of life , and our thoughts are employed upon the chief purpose either in business or pleasure , we shall never betray an affectation , for we cannot be ...
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... endeavor to clear them of , is that party rage which of late years is very much crept into their conversation . This is , in its nature , a male vice , and made up of many angry and cruel passions that are altogether repugnant to the ...
... endeavor to clear them of , is that party rage which of late years is very much crept into their conversation . This is , in its nature , a male vice , and made up of many angry and cruel passions that are altogether repugnant to the ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquaintance actions admiration agreeable appear April fools Aristotle Aspasia beauty behavior better character cheerfulness consider conversation delight desire discourse discover endeavor entertainment Epaminondas Epig eral esteem Eudoxus excellent fame fancy father folly fortune friendship gisms give glory happy hear heart Herod honor Hudibras human humor husband imagination innocent Julius Cæsar Jupiter kind lady Lætitia laudable laugh laughter Leontine lipograms live look Malebranche man's mankind manner Mariamne marriage means men of honor Menippus ment merit method mind mirth modesty morality nature never observe occasion ordinary ourselves OVID pains particular pass passion perfection person philosopher Phocion Plato pleased pleasure poet praise proper reader reason receive reputation says secret sense Socrates soul speaking spirit tell temper things thou thought tion turn Uranius virtue virtuous whole William Scawen woman words writing
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 132 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Seite 338 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord, art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Seite xiii - 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 the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Seite 205 - Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides, 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 honor due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Seite 156 - What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero, the wise, the good, or the great man, very often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian, which a proper education might have dis-interred, and have brought to light.
Seite 407 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Seite xx - A general Trader of good Sense is pleasanter Company than a general Scholar ;' and Sir ANDREW having a natural unaffected Eloquence, the Perspicuity of his Discourse gives the same Pleasure that Wit would in another Man. He has made his...
Seite 361 - Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Seite xviii - ... his temper being naturally jovial, he at last got over it, he grew careless of himself, and never dressed afterwards. He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the same cut that were in fashion at the time of his repulse, which, in his merry humours, he tells us, has been in and out twelve times since he first wore it.
Seite 312 - But there is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty, which immediately diffuses a secret satisfaction and complacency through the imagination, and gives a finishing to any thing that is great or uncommon. The very first discovery of it strikes the mind with an inward joy, and spreads a cheerfulness and delight through all its faculties.