The Spectator, Volume 6J. Tonson, 1729 |
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... delightful Paffi on , Pity is nothing elfe but Love foftned by a degree of Sorrow : In fhort , it is a kind of pleafing Anguifh , as well as generous Sympathy , that knits Mankind together , and blends them in the fame common Lot ...
... delightful Paffi on , Pity is nothing elfe but Love foftned by a degree of Sorrow : In fhort , it is a kind of pleafing Anguifh , as well as generous Sympathy , that knits Mankind together , and blends them in the fame common Lot ...
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... Delight . The Paffions that are excited by ordinary Compofitions generally flow from fuch filly and abfurd Occafions , that a Man is afhamed to reflect upon them seriously ; but the Fear , the Love , the Sorrow , the Indignation that ...
... Delight . The Paffions that are excited by ordinary Compofitions generally flow from fuch filly and abfurd Occafions , that a Man is afhamed to reflect upon them seriously ; but the Fear , the Love , the Sorrow , the Indignation that ...
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... delight in , and are qualified ⚫ for . Methinks most of the Philofophers and Moralists have run too much into Extreams , in praifing entirely either Solitude or publick Life ; in the former Men ge nerally grow ufelefs by too much Reft ...
... delight in , and are qualified ⚫ for . Methinks most of the Philofophers and Moralists have run too much into Extreams , in praifing entirely either Solitude or publick Life ; in the former Men ge nerally grow ufelefs by too much Reft ...
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... delighted in an extraordinary Manner , or if , upon reading the admired Paffages in fuch Authors , he finds a Coldness and Indifference in his Thoughts , he ought to conclude , not ( as is too ufual among taftelefs Readers ) that the Au ...
... delighted in an extraordinary Manner , or if , upon reading the admired Paffages in fuch Authors , he finds a Coldness and Indifference in his Thoughts , he ought to conclude , not ( as is too ufual among taftelefs Readers ) that the Au ...
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... delights the Soul , as much as a Demonftration ; and a Defcription in Homer has charmed more Readers than a Chapter in Ariftotle . Befides , the Pleafures of the Ima- gination have this Advantage , above thofe of the Under- ftanding ...
... delights the Soul , as much as a Demonftration ; and a Defcription in Homer has charmed more Readers than a Chapter in Ariftotle . Befides , the Pleafures of the Ima- gination have this Advantage , above thofe of the Under- ftanding ...
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Page 259 - Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: 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.
Page 65 - Delightful scenes, whether in nature, painting, or poetry, have a kindly influence on the body as well as the mind ; and not only serve to clear and brighten the imagination, but are able to disperse grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions.
Page 290 - In power of others, never in my own; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! O first created beam, and thou great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved Thy prime decree?
Page 15 - ... enemies, withdraw your princely favour from me; neither let that stain, that unworthy stain of a disloyal heart towards your good grace, ever cast so foul a blot on your most dutiful wife, and the infant princess your daughter.
Page 290 - 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 ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 216 - It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction, that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance. It is not like the practice of many other virtues, difficult and painful, but attended with so much pleasure, that were there no positive command .which enjoined it, nor any recompense laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge in it, for the natural gratification that accompanies it.
Page 93 - There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it; the churchyards were all haunted; every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it; and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit.
Page 15 - Grace may be freed from an open censure, and mine offence being so lawfully proved, your Grace is at liberty, both before God and man, not only to execute worthy punishment on me as an unlawful wife, but to follow your affection, already...
Page 218 - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.
Page 275 - I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come ; make her laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell me one thing. Hor. What's that, my lord? Ham. Dost thou think Alexander looked o' this fashion i