The Spectator, Svazek 2George Atherton Aitken Longmans, Green, & Company, 1898 |
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Strana 9
... present : no one had any colour for the least com- plaint against his dealings with him . This is cer- tainly as uncommon , and in its proportion as laudable in a citizen , as it is in a general never to have suffered a disadvantage in ...
... present : no one had any colour for the least com- plaint against his dealings with him . This is cer- tainly as uncommon , and in its proportion as laudable in a citizen , as it is in a general never to have suffered a disadvantage in ...
Strana 23
... present age who are of the same humour . I might likewise refer my reader to Molière's thoughts on this subject , as he has expressed them in the character of the Misanthrope ; but those only who are endowed with a true greatness of ...
... present age who are of the same humour . I might likewise refer my reader to Molière's thoughts on this subject , as he has expressed them in the character of the Misanthrope ; but those only who are endowed with a true greatness of ...
Strana 28
... present mistake ; for that he himself was naturally inclined to those particular vices which the physiognomist had discovered in his countenance , but that he had conquered the strong dispositions he was born with , by the dictates of ...
... present mistake ; for that he himself was naturally inclined to those particular vices which the physiognomist had discovered in his countenance , but that he had conquered the strong dispositions he was born with , by the dictates of ...
Strana 34
... present thought of this kind is , that a care- less groom of mine has spoiled me the prettiest pad in the world with only riding him ten miles ; and I assure you , if I were to make a register of all the horses I have known thus abused ...
... present thought of this kind is , that a care- less groom of mine has spoiled me the prettiest pad in the world with only riding him ten miles ; and I assure you , if I were to make a register of all the horses I have known thus abused ...
Strana 35
... present prevailed among them , to nothing but what an hundred before me have ascribed it to , the custom of giving board - wages : this one instance of false economy is sufficient to debauch the whole nation of servants , and makes them ...
... present prevailed among them , to nothing but what an hundred before me have ascribed it to , the custom of giving board - wages : this one instance of false economy is sufficient to debauch the whole nation of servants , and makes them ...
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Strana 142 - How can it enter into the thoughts of man, that the soul, which "is capable of such immense perfections, and of receiving new improvements to all eternity, shall fall away into nothing almost as soon as it is created ? Are such abilities made for no purpose ? A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can never pass : in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of...
Strana 371 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and, passing from one thought to another, 'Surely,' said I, 'man is but a shadow and life a dream.
Strana 59 - We all of us complain of the shortness of time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.
Strana 146 - He has often told me, that at his coming to his estate he found his parishioners very irregular: and that in order to make them kneel and join in the responses, he gave every one of them a hassock and a common-prayer book...
Strana 166 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Strana 118 - Roger, who is very well acquainted with my humour, lets me rise and go to bed when I please, dine at his own table or in my chamber as I think fit, sit still and say nothing without bidding me be merry.
Strana 117 - HAVING often received an invitation from my friend Sir Roger de Coverley to pass away a month with him in the country...
Strana 121 - Calamy, with several living authors who have published discourses of practical divinity. I no sooner saw this venerable man in the pulpit, but I very much approved of my friend's insisting upon the qualifications of a good aspect and a clear voice ; for I was so charmed with the gracefulness of his figure and delivery, as well as the discourses he pronounced, that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction. A sermon repeated after this manner, is like the composition of a poet in the...
Strana 122 - ... much approved of my friend's insisting upon the qualifications of a good aspect and a clear voice; for I was so charmed with the gracefulness of his figure and delivery, as well as with the discourses he pronounced, that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction. A sermon repeated after this manner, is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor.
Strana 370 - Mirzah," which I have read over with great pleasure. I intend to give it to the public when I have no other entertainment for them ; and shall begin with the first vision, which I have translated word for word as follows : — " On the fifth day of the moon, which according to the custom of my forefathers I always...