The Spectator, Svazek 2Tonson, 1729 |
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... it is then in its highest Use and Perfection ; and it is to fuch as Your Lordship , that the Sciences owe the Efteem which they have with the active Part of Mankind . Mankind . Knowledge of Books in reclufe Men , is The Dedication .
... it is then in its highest Use and Perfection ; and it is to fuch as Your Lordship , that the Sciences owe the Efteem which they have with the active Part of Mankind . Mankind . Knowledge of Books in reclufe Men , is The Dedication .
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Mankind . Knowledge of Books in reclufe Men , is like that fort of Lan- thorn which hides him who carries it , and ferves only to pass through fecret and gloomy Paths of his own ; but in the Poffeffion of a Man of Business ... Books in ...
Mankind . Knowledge of Books in reclufe Men , is like that fort of Lan- thorn which hides him who carries it , and ferves only to pass through fecret and gloomy Paths of his own ; but in the Poffeffion of a Man of Business ... Books in ...
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... Book , I found many Things which gave me great Delight ; and as human Life turns upon the fame Principles and Paffions in all Ages , I thought it very proper to take Minutes of what paffed in that Age , for the Instruction of this . The ...
... Book , I found many Things which gave me great Delight ; and as human Life turns upon the fame Principles and Paffions in all Ages , I thought it very proper to take Minutes of what paffed in that Age , for the Instruction of this . The ...
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... Book . I have often profited by thefe accidental Readings , and have fometimes found very curious Pieces , that are ... Books , till I let them fee that they are both of them lined with deep Erudition and abftrufe Literature . I might ...
... Book . I have often profited by thefe accidental Readings , and have fometimes found very curious Pieces , that are ... Books , till I let them fee that they are both of them lined with deep Erudition and abftrufe Literature . I might ...
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... Books and Systems . In the fame manner , every one is in fome Degree a Master of that Art which is generally diftin- guilhed by the Name of Phifiognomy ; and naturally forms to himself the Character or Fortune of a Stranger , from the ...
... Books and Systems . In the fame manner , every one is in fome Degree a Master of that Art which is generally diftin- guilhed by the Name of Phifiognomy ; and naturally forms to himself the Character or Fortune of a Stranger , from the ...
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Strana 286 - I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.
Strana 289 - 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.
Strana 110 - ... subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being. Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week, not only as it refreshes in their minds the notions of religion, but as it puts both the sexes upon appearing in their most agreeable forms, and exerting all such qualities as are apt to give them a figure in the eye of the village.
Strana 112 - As soon as the Sermon is finished, nobody presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the Church. The Knight walks down from his Seat in the Chancel between a double row of his Tenants, that stand bowing to him on each side; and every now and then...
Strana 153 - Upon his first rising the court was hushed, and a general whisper ran among the country people, that Sir Roger < was up. ' The speech he made was so little to the purpose, that I shall not trouble my readers with an account of it; and I believe was not so much designed by the knight himself to inform the court, as to give him a figure in my eye, and keep up his credit in the country.
Strana 112 - ... dazzled with riches, that they pay as much deference to the understanding of a man of an estate as of a man of learning...
Strana 110 - It is certain the country people would soon degenerate into a kind of savages and barbarians, were there not such frequent returns of a stated time in which the whole village meet together with their best faces and in their cleanliest habits to converse with one another upon indifferent subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the supreme Being.
Strana 96 - ... he is every day soliciting me for something in behalf of one or other of my tenants his parishioners. There has not been a lawsuit in the parish since he has lived among them ; if any dispute arises they apply themselves to him for the decision ; if they do not acquiesce in his judgment, which I think never happened above once or twice at most, they appeal to me.
Strana 286 - 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...
Strana 101 - Country, and is very famous for finding out a Hare. He is extremely well versed in all the little Handicrafts of an idle Man: He makes a May-fly to a Miracle ; and furnishes the whole Country with Angle-Rods.