The Projector: A Collection of Essays, in the Manner of the Spectator, Originally Published Monthly, from Jan. 1802 to Nov. 1809, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817 |
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Página 51
... prove slight , and that he may be speedily restored to the prayers of an ad- miring people , who would be disconsolate for his loss . ” afford a seasonable warning to their brethren , who by E 2 No 38 . 51 THE PROJECTOR .
... prove slight , and that he may be speedily restored to the prayers of an ad- miring people , who would be disconsolate for his loss . ” afford a seasonable warning to their brethren , who by E 2 No 38 . 51 THE PROJECTOR .
Página 52
... afford a seasonable warning to their brethren , who by absence , or otherwise , have avoided the prevailing contagion . A man who vents his praises at the rate of three columns of News- paper per day , for a week or two together , must ...
... afford a seasonable warning to their brethren , who by absence , or otherwise , have avoided the prevailing contagion . A man who vents his praises at the rate of three columns of News- paper per day , for a week or two together , must ...
Página 83
... afford an outline , and it is very much at their service . " The CONSUMERS of TIME are desired to meet at the Racket Tavern , on the day of to take into consideration the present gloomy state of their affairs , and provide for the ...
... afford an outline , and it is very much at their service . " The CONSUMERS of TIME are desired to meet at the Racket Tavern , on the day of to take into consideration the present gloomy state of their affairs , and provide for the ...
Página 90
... afford us . It is true , indeed , they tell us , that we Projectors build our castles in the air , and they think they have offered an objection both witty and decisive . But , for my own part , I cannot admit it as a fair objection ...
... afford us . It is true , indeed , they tell us , that we Projectors build our castles in the air , and they think they have offered an objection both witty and decisive . But , for my own part , I cannot admit it as a fair objection ...
Página 109
... afford another opportunity of displaying characteristic taste ; as the display , however , will not be publick , I shall not have it in my power to entertain my readers with the result . All I know is , that many persons have got more ...
... afford another opportunity of displaying characteristic taste ; as the display , however , will not be publick , I shall not have it in my power to entertain my readers with the result . All I know is , that many persons have got more ...
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Página 86 - Of envied life; though only few possess Patrician treasures or imperial state; Yet Nature's care, to all her children just, With richer treasures and an ampler state, Endows at large whatever happy man Will deign to use them.
Página 302 - OF all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.
Página 36 - So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it ; no, not even for the general good of the whole community.
Página 115 - Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Página 29 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Página 85 - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked...
Página 386 - G — -d ; fielfi ; murder ;fire, &.c. all which produce, I will do them the justice to say, a very fine effect in genteel compayy ; overturning tables and chairs, spilling boiling water, bruising the lap-dop, or cat, and perhaps throwing a lighted candle on the train of a muslin gown : the father swears, the mother faints, the daughters are in fits, and the company jump about ; and in a few minutes, it is unanimously agreed, that there was nothing the matter, but they were so frightened ! Now, Sir,...
Página 387 - ... of ushers, teachers, nurses, and servants roused from their four-pair-of-stairs beds, and armed with flat candlesticks, pokers, and pewter pots. They may also, while they preserve the privilege of screaming in full force, hint to their pupils, that it would be as well, if violent outcries, and sentimental timidities, were confined to domestic circles, or ladies
Página 98 - QUI fit, Maecenas, ut nemo quam sibi sortem Seu ratio dederit seu fors objecerit ilia Contentus vivat, laudet diversa sequentes ? " O fortunati mercatores !" gravis annis Miles ait multo jam fractus membra labore.
Página 171 - Inspicere tanquam in speculum in vitas omnium Jubeo, atque ex aliis sumere exemplum sibi. Lat. TERENCE. — "The lives of men should be regarded as a mirror, from which we may take an example and a rule of conduct for ourselves.