The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the lives of the authors, and explanatory notes. 12 vols. [in 6]., Volumes 9-101853 |
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... least occasion ? Yet so it is , there are people who ( as it should seem ) .delight in being troublesome and vexatious , who , as Tully speaks , Mirâ sunt alacritate ad litigandum , ' have a certain cheer- fulness in wrangling . And ...
... least occasion ? Yet so it is , there are people who ( as it should seem ) .delight in being troublesome and vexatious , who , as Tully speaks , Mirâ sunt alacritate ad litigandum , ' have a certain cheer- fulness in wrangling . And ...
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... least they have taken care that the ill - humour of one shall not be troublesome to the rest of the company . There are many other rules which the society have established for the pre- servation of their ease and tranquillity ; the ef ...
... least they have taken care that the ill - humour of one shall not be troublesome to the rest of the company . There are many other rules which the society have established for the pre- servation of their ease and tranquillity ; the ef ...
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... least bit off him , but upon the utmost extremity , or to provide for his younger brothers and sisters . Well , Alexandrinus died , and the heir of his body ( as our term is , ) could not forbear , in the wantonness of his heart , to ...
... least bit off him , but upon the utmost extremity , or to provide for his younger brothers and sisters . Well , Alexandrinus died , and the heir of his body ( as our term is , ) could not forbear , in the wantonness of his heart , to ...
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... solved to keep me out of the vices of the age ; and in order to it never let me see any thing that he thought could give me the least pleasure . At ten years old I was put to a grammar - school 42 No. 431 . THE SPECTATOR .
... solved to keep me out of the vices of the age ; and in order to it never let me see any thing that he thought could give me the least pleasure . At ten years old I was put to a grammar - school 42 No. 431 . THE SPECTATOR .
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... least tie up their hair in a bag or riband , in imitation of the smart part of the opposite sex . As in my yesterday's paper I gave an account of the mixture of two sexes in one commonwealth , I shall here take no- tice of this mixture ...
... least tie up their hair in a bag or riband , in imitation of the smart part of the opposite sex . As in my yesterday's paper I gave an account of the mixture of two sexes in one commonwealth , I shall here take no- tice of this mixture ...
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Page 243 - I have set the LORD always before me : because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Page 91 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 249 - To daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, 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 213 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : 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 66 - How are Thy servants blest, O Lord How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, Omnipotence. 2 In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air. 3...
Page 91 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For Thou, O Lord, art with me still : Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Page 227 - Alas, poor Yorick ! — I knew him, Horatio ; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy : he hath borne me on his back a thousand I times ; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is ! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now 1 your gambols ? your songs ? ' your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the.
Page 67 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Page 214 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Page 205 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.