The British Essayists;: SpectatorJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 - English essays |
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... heard their utterance : it was the business , the purpose of his being , next to obey- ing him to whom he is gone , to please and instruct , and that for no other end but to please and instruct . Kindness was the motive of his actions ...
... heard their utterance : it was the business , the purpose of his being , next to obey- ing him to whom he is gone , to please and instruct , and that for no other end but to please and instruct . Kindness was the motive of his actions ...
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... heard in conversation from one of the greatest geniuses this age has produced * . I think we may add to the foregoing observation , the change which has happened in our language , by the abbreviation of several words that are terminated ...
... heard in conversation from one of the greatest geniuses this age has produced * . I think we may add to the foregoing observation , the change which has happened in our language , by the abbreviation of several words that are terminated ...
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... as I hop'd it would bless you with its cheerful face , after a quiet which I wish'd you last night . If my prayers are heard , the day appeared VOL . VIII . F with all the influence of a merciful Creator upon your No 142 . 49 SPECTATOR .
... as I hop'd it would bless you with its cheerful face , after a quiet which I wish'd you last night . If my prayers are heard , the day appeared VOL . VIII . F with all the influence of a merciful Creator upon your No 142 . 49 SPECTATOR .
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... heard to complain . That equal spirit of his , which any man may have , that , like him , will con- quer pride , vanity , and affectation , and follow na- ture , is not to be broken , because it has no points to contend for . To be ...
... heard to complain . That equal spirit of his , which any man may have , that , like him , will con- quer pride , vanity , and affectation , and follow na- ture , is not to be broken , because it has no points to contend for . To be ...
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... heard , and being regarded before others in matters of ordinary consideration . At the same time the handsome should consider that it is a possession , as it were , foreign to them . No one can give it himself or pre- Aristotle . + ...
... heard , and being regarded before others in matters of ordinary consideration . At the same time the handsome should consider that it is a possession , as it were , foreign to them . No one can give it himself or pre- Aristotle . + ...
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Page 129 - But tell me, further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.
Page 147 - A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all Mankind's Epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long: But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking; Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 133 - The Genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating; but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Page 131 - ... thick for the eye to penetrate) I saw the valley opening at the farther end, and spreading forth into an immense ocean, that had a huge rock of adamant running through the midst of it, and dividing it into two equal parts. The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it...
Page 128 - I had been often told that the rock before me was the haunt of a genius; and that several had been entertained with music who had passed by it, but never heard that the musician had before made himself visible. When he had raised my thoughts, by those transporting airs...
Page 132 - ... seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage...
Page 129 - The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other? What thou seest, said he, is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now, said he, this sea that is thus bounded with darkness...
Page 130 - I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it, and upon...
Page 223 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
Page 131 - Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it.