The Spectator, Band 9Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 |
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... thing tha comes in his way ; not the smallest fruit or ex crescence of the earth , scarce a berry or a mush room can escape him . It is impossible to lay down any determinate rule for temperance , because what is luxury in one may be ...
... thing tha comes in his way ; not the smallest fruit or ex crescence of the earth , scarce a berry or a mush room can escape him . It is impossible to lay down any determinate rule for temperance , because what is luxury in one may be ...
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... thing that occurs . I may possibly some time or other animadvert more at large on the particular fault each profes- sion is most infected with ; but shall at present wholly apply myself to the cure of what I last mentioned , namely ...
... thing that occurs . I may possibly some time or other animadvert more at large on the particular fault each profes- sion is most infected with ; but shall at present wholly apply myself to the cure of what I last mentioned , namely ...
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... things to be urged in favour of your opin- ion which you have omitted ; ' and thereupon be- gun to shine on the other side of the question . Upon this , ' says the captain , ' I came over to my first sentiments , and entirely acquiesced ...
... things to be urged in favour of your opin- ion which you have omitted ; ' and thereupon be- gun to shine on the other side of the question . Upon this , ' says the captain , ' I came over to my first sentiments , and entirely acquiesced ...
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... things , I gave in it . ing to a young kinsman of mine , who had so great a proficiency in the law , that he plead in company , upon every s started . Having the entire m perhaps , from time to it as I shall think r ' the British yout ...
... things , I gave in it . ing to a young kinsman of mine , who had so great a proficiency in the law , that he plead in company , upon every s started . Having the entire m perhaps , from time to it as I shall think r ' the British yout ...
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Alexander Chalmers. desty , two things which scarce ever fail of mak- ing an impression on the hearers . Besides , if ... thing , you can hardly be caught in an absurdity ; and though possibly you are endeavouring to bring over another to ...
Alexander Chalmers. desty , two things which scarce ever fail of mak- ing an impression on the hearers . Besides , if ... thing , you can hardly be caught in an absurdity ; and though possibly you are endeavouring to bring over another to ...
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Seite 268 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Seite 267 - Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first represents mean persons in the accoutrements of heroes, the other describes great persons acting and speaking like the basest among the people.
Seite 156 - There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them. \\ ithout it, learning is pedantry...
Seite 285 - I am sorry to find that an author, who is very justly esteemed among the best judges, has admitted some strokes of this nature into a very fine poem ; I mean the Art of Criticism *, which was published some months since, and is a master-piece in its kind. The observations follow one another like those in Horace's Art of Poetry, without that methodical regularity which would have been requisite in a prose author.
Seite 266 - The talent of turning men into ridicule, and exposing to laughter those one converses with, is the qualification of little ungenerous tempers. A young man with this cast of mind cuts himself off from all manner of improvement. Every one has his flaws and weaknesses ; nay, the greatest blemishes are often found in the most shining characters ; but what an absurd thing is it to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities ? to observe his imperfections more than...
Seite 268 - Jest, and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; 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 honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee In unreprove'd pleasures free...
Seite 100 - Intention, we shall find that it destroys the Merit of a Good Action; abates, but never takes away, the 'Malignity of an Evil Action ; and leaves an Indifferent Action in its natural state of Indifference. It is therefore of unspeakable Advantage to possess our Minds with an habitual Good Intention, and to aim all our Thoughts, Words and Actions at some laudable End, whether it be the Glory of our Maker, the Good of Mankind, or the Benefit of our own Souls.
Seite 224 - A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint, will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding; it dissipates every doubt and scruple in an instant ; accommodates itself to the meanest capacities ; silences the loud and clamorous, and brings over the most: obstinate and inflexible.
Seite 110 - ... the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter and removes the rubbish. The figure is in the stone, the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to an human soul.