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But before I conclude my letter , I must ( communicate to you another remark
which I have • made upon the subject , with which I am now enter" taining you ,
namely , that I can give a shrewd guess ' at the humour of the inhabitant by the
sign ...
But before I conclude my letter , I must ( communicate to you another remark
which I have • made upon the subject , with which I am now enter" taining you ,
namely , that I can give a shrewd guess ' at the humour of the inhabitant by the
sign ...
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The second letter relating to the Ogling - Master runs thus : : • Mr . Spectator , • I
AM an Irish gentleman , that have travelled ( many years for my improvement ;
during which o time I have accomplished myself in the whole art of rogling , as it
is at ...
The second letter relating to the Ogling - Master runs thus : : • Mr . Spectator , • I
AM an Irish gentleman , that have travelled ( many years for my improvement ;
during which o time I have accomplished myself in the whole art of rogling , as it
is at ...
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The following letter has not so much in it ; but as it is written in my own praise , I
cannot from my heart suppress it . " Sir , • YOU proposed in your Spectator of last
Tuesday , ( Mr . Hobbes ' s hypothesis , for solving that very odd < phenomenon ...
The following letter has not so much in it ; but as it is written in my own praise , I
cannot from my heart suppress it . " Sir , • YOU proposed in your Spectator of last
Tuesday , ( Mr . Hobbes ' s hypothesis , for solving that very odd < phenomenon ...
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... or three species of them , that flourished in the same early ages of the world .
The first I shall produce are the Lipogramatists or Letter droppers of antiquity ,
that would take an exception , without any reason , against some particular letter
in ...
... or three species of them , that flourished in the same early ages of the world .
The first I shall produce are the Lipogramatists or Letter droppers of antiquity ,
that would take an exception , without any reason , against some particular letter
in ...
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It must have been very pleasant to have seen this poet avoiding the reprobate
letter , as much as another would a false quantity , and making his escape from it
through the several Greek dialects , when he was pressed with it in any particular
...
It must have been very pleasant to have seen this poet avoiding the reprobate
letter , as much as another would a false quantity , and making his escape from it
through the several Greek dialects , when he was pressed with it in any particular
...
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Seite 58 - ... men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Seite 324 - With that there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart, A deep and deadly blow ; Who never spoke more words than these : Fight on, my merry men all ; For why, my life is at an end, Lord Percy sees my fall.
Seite 8 - The first of our society is a gentleman of Worcestershire, of ancient descent, a baronet, his name Sir Roger de Coverley". His great-grandfather was inventor of that famous country-dance" which is called after him. All who know ' that shire are very well acquainted with the parts and merits of Sir Roger. He is a gentleman that is very singular in his behaviour, but his singularities proceed from his good sense, and are contradictions to the manners of the world only as he thinks the world is in the...
Seite 70 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise : it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
Seite 6 - I am very well versed in the theory of a husband, or a father, and can discern the errors in the oeconomy, business., and diversion of others, better than those who are engaged in them; as standers-by discover blots, which are apt to escape those who are in the game.
Seite xviii - ... truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character "above all Greek, above all Roman fame.
Seite 318 - Our ships are laden with the harvest of every climate; our tables are stored with spices and oils and wines; our rooms are filled with pyramids of china, and adorned with the workmanship of Japan; our morning's draught comes to us from the remotest corners of the earth; we repair our bodies by the drugs of America, and repose ourselves under Indian canopies. My friend Sir Andrew calls the vineyards of France our gardens; the Spice Islands our hotbeds; the Persians our silkweavers; and the Chinese...
Seite 196 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
Seite 4 - I had not been long at the university before I distinguished myself by a most profound silence ; for during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred words ; and indeed do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life.
Seite 116 - ... and enemies, priests and soldiers, monks and prebendaries, were crumbled amongst one another, and blended together in the same common mass ; how beauty, strength, and youth, with old age, weakness, and deformity, lay undistinguished in the same promiscuous heap of matter. After having thus surveyed this great magazine of mortality, as it were, in the lump ; I examined it more particularly by the accounts which I found on several of the monuments...