The Spectator: ...Phil. Crampton, 1737 |
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Strana 33
... Lights , than that which the Sun had before difcovered to us . As I was furveying the Moon walking in her Brightness and taking her Progrefs among the Conftel- lations , a Thought rofe in me which I believe very of- ten perplexes and ...
... Lights , than that which the Sun had before difcovered to us . As I was furveying the Moon walking in her Brightness and taking her Progrefs among the Conftel- lations , a Thought rofe in me which I believe very of- ten perplexes and ...
Strana 34
... Light is not yet travelled down to us ,. fince their firft Creation . There is no Question but the Univerfe has certain Bounds fet to it ; but when we confider that it is the Work of infinite Power , prompt- ed by infinite Goodness ...
... Light is not yet travelled down to us ,. fince their firft Creation . There is no Question but the Univerfe has certain Bounds fet to it ; but when we confider that it is the Work of infinite Power , prompt- ed by infinite Goodness ...
Strana 43
... light- ed it at the little Wax Candle that ftood before them ; and after having thrown in two or three Whiffs a- mongst them , fat down and made one of the Com- pany . I need not tell my Reader , that lighting a Man's Pipe at the fame ...
... light- ed it at the little Wax Candle that ftood before them ; and after having thrown in two or three Whiffs a- mongst them , fat down and made one of the Com- pany . I need not tell my Reader , that lighting a Man's Pipe at the fame ...
Strana 52
... Light wherein I have not feen it placed by others . Firft , How difconfolate is the Condition of an intel- lectual Being who is thus present with his Maker , but at the fame Time receives no extraordinary Benefit or Ad- vantage from ...
... Light wherein I have not feen it placed by others . Firft , How difconfolate is the Condition of an intel- lectual Being who is thus present with his Maker , but at the fame Time receives no extraordinary Benefit or Ad- vantage from ...
Strana 55
... light thus to refide and dwell in us . The Light of Na . ture could directSeneca to this Doctrine , in a very remark- able Paffage among his Epiftles ; Sacer ineft in nobis fpi- ritus bonorum malorumque cuftos , & Obfervator , & quem ...
... light thus to refide and dwell in us . The Light of Na . ture could directSeneca to this Doctrine , in a very remark- able Paffage among his Epiftles ; Sacer ineft in nobis fpi- ritus bonorum malorumque cuftos , & Obfervator , & quem ...
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Strana 259 - ... all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy. But when, or where ? — This world was made for Caesar.
Strana 37 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Strana 11 - I did not question, came loaded with his crimes; but, upon searching into his bundle, I found that, instead of throwing his guilt from him, he had only laid down his memory. He was followed by another worthless rogue, who flung away his modesty, instead of his ignorance.
Strana 11 - The immoderate breadth of the features made me very much out of humour with my own countenance, upon which I threw it from me like a mask. It happened very luckily that one who stood by me had just before thrown down his visage, which it seems was too long for him.
Strana 67 - to the sun, and water to the diamond. It irradiates every metal, and enriches lead with all the properties of gold. It heightens smoke into flame, flame into light, and light into glory.
Strana 53 - We may assure ourselves that the great Author of nature will not always be as one who is indifferent to any of his creatures.
Strana 134 - ... there is more beauty in the works of a great genius, who is ignorant of all the rules of art, than in the works of a little genius, who not only knows but scrupulously observes them.
Strana 10 - I saw multitudes of old women throw down their wrinkles, and several young ones who stripped themselves of a tawny skin.
Strana 71 - We make provisions for this life, as though it were never to have an end, and for the other life, as though it were never to have a beginning. Should a spirit of superior rank, who is a stranger to human nature, accidentally alight upon the earth, and take a survey of its inhabitants ; what would his notions of us...
Strana 10 - Jupiter, that every mortal should bring in his griefs and calamities, and throw them together in a heap. There was a large plain appointed for this purpose. I took my stand in the centre of it, and saw with a great deal of pleasure the whole human species marching one after another, and throwing down their several loads, which immediately grew up into a prodigious mountain, that seemed to rise above the clouds.