The Spectator, Volume 8Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 |
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... well - shaped , and others ill- scented and irregular . I wondered at a set of old whimsical botanists , who spent their whole lives с ? in the contemplation of some withered Egyptian , Coptic , No. 455 . 21 SPECTATOR .
... well - shaped , and others ill- scented and irregular . I wondered at a set of old whimsical botanists , who spent their whole lives с ? in the contemplation of some withered Egyptian , Coptic , No. 455 . 21 SPECTATOR .
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... whole fortune , but even of every thing else which had no relation to it . All his indifferent actions have new interpre- tations put upon them ; and those whom he has favoured in his former life , discharge themselves of their ...
... whole fortune , but even of every thing else which had no relation to it . All his indifferent actions have new interpre- tations put upon them ; and those whom he has favoured in his former life , discharge themselves of their ...
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... whole circle of the penny - post . SIR , THE kind reception you gave my last Friday's letter , in which I broached my project of a news - paper , encourages me to lay before you two or three more ; for , you must know , sir , that we ...
... whole circle of the penny - post . SIR , THE kind reception you gave my last Friday's letter , in which I broached my project of a news - paper , encourages me to lay before you two or three more ; for , you must know , sir , that we ...
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... whole language into a jargon of enthusiasm ; insomuch that , upon the restoration , men thought they could not re- cede too far from the behaviour and practice of those persons who had made religion a cloak to so many villanies . This ...
... whole language into a jargon of enthusiasm ; insomuch that , upon the restoration , men thought they could not re- cede too far from the behaviour and practice of those persons who had made religion a cloak to so many villanies . This ...
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... whole reign . He would receive visits from fools and half madmen ; and at times I have met with people who have boxed , fought at back - sword , and taken poison before king Charles II . In a word , he was so pleasant a man , that no ...
... whole reign . He would receive visits from fools and half madmen ; and at times I have met with people who have boxed , fought at back - sword , and taken poison before king Charles II . In a word , he was so pleasant a man , that no ...
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Page 73 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 101 - I HAVE SET THE LoRD ALWAYS BEFORE ME : Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Page 14 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ, Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 101 - I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : my flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy ; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 184 - They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, And his wonders in the deep.
Page 106 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 147 - WHO shall decide, when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me...
Page 72 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Page 60 - In counterpoise ; now ponders all events, Battles and realms : in these he put two weights, The sequel each of parting and of fight: The latter quick up flew, and...
Page 106 - And feel thy sovran vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.