The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... ' I was very well pleased with your discourse upon general mourning , and should be obliged to you if you would enter into the matter more deeply , and give us your thoughts upon the common sense the N ° 95 . 71 SPECTATOR .
... ' I was very well pleased with your discourse upon general mourning , and should be obliged to you if you would enter into the matter more deeply , and give us your thoughts upon the common sense the N ° 95 . 71 SPECTATOR .
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... pleased with the coiffure now in fashion , and think it shews the good sense which at present very much reigns among the valuable part of the sex . One may ob- serve that women in all ages have taken more pains than men to adorn the ...
... pleased with the coiffure now in fashion , and think it shews the good sense which at present very much reigns among the valuable part of the sex . One may ob- serve that women in all ages have taken more pains than men to adorn the ...
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... pleased to see one who is a terror to others fall like a slave at their feet , or that this quality supplies their own principal defect , in guarding them from insults , and avenging their quarrels : or that cou- rage is a natural ...
... pleased to see one who is a terror to others fall like a slave at their feet , or that this quality supplies their own principal defect , in guarding them from insults , and avenging their quarrels : or that cou- rage is a natural ...
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... pleased , and place himself in a con- stant aptitude for the satisfactions of his being . In- stead of this , you hardly see a man who is not un- easy in proportion to his advancement in the arts of life . An affected delicacy is the ...
... pleased , and place himself in a con- stant aptitude for the satisfactions of his being . In- stead of this , you hardly see a man who is not un- easy in proportion to his advancement in the arts of life . An affected delicacy is the ...
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... pleased with his conclusion ; and as each knew his good - will to the rest , he was convinced that the many professions of kindness and service , which we ordinarily meet with , are not natural where the heart is well inclined : but are ...
... pleased with his conclusion ; and as each knew his good - will to the rest , he was convinced that the many professions of kindness and service , which we ordinarily meet with , are not natural where the heart is well inclined : but are ...
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360 페이지 - ... 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 to them except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge.
357 페이지 - 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 bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide.
356 페이지 - I ascended the high hills of 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.
120 페이지 - At his first settling with me, I made him a present of all the good sermons which have been printed in English, and only begged of him that every Sunday he would pronounce one of them in the pulpit. Accordingly he has digested them into such a series, that they follow one another naturally, and make a continued system of practical divinity.
120 페이지 - I have taken notice of it, has never in all that time asked anything of me for himself, though he is every day soliciting me for something in behalf of one or other of my tenants his parishioners. There has not been a law-suit 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.
161 페이지 - 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.
357 페이지 - He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock, and placing me on the top of it, ' Cast thy eyes eastward,' said he, 'and tell me what thou seest.' 'I See,' said I, ' a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it.
192 페이지 - ... could not forbear discovering greater expressions of mirth than ordinary upon the appearance of this monstrous face, under which, notwithstanding it was made to frown and stare in a most extraordinary manner, I could still discover a distant resemblance of my old friend. Sir Roger, upon seeing me laugh/ desired me to tell him truly if I thought it possible for people to know him in that disguise. I at first kept my usual silence; but upon the knight's conjuring me to tell him whether it was not...
358 페이지 - 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 further examination perceived there were innumerable trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers no sooner trod upon but they fell through them into the tide and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud hut many of...
143 페이지 - 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 : and at the same time employed an itinerant...