The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... told me they had a very pleasant trick to put upon a gen- tleman that was in the same house provided I would bear a part in it . Upon this they told me such a plausible story , that I laughed at their contrivance , and agreed to do ...
... told me they had a very pleasant trick to put upon a gen- tleman that was in the same house provided I would bear a part in it . Upon this they told me such a plausible story , that I laughed at their contrivance , and agreed to do ...
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... told them , that if they would not unbind me , I would fall asleep between them , and by that means disgrace them for ever . But , alas ! this was impossible ; could I have been disposed to it , they would have prevented me by several ...
... told them , that if they would not unbind me , I would fall asleep between them , and by that means disgrace them for ever . But , alas ! this was impossible ; could I have been disposed to it , they would have prevented me by several ...
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... told him he would quickly convince him of the * The Spectator's memory hath here deceived him ; no such passage is to be found in the Alcoran , though it pos sibly may in some of the histories of Mahomet's life . truth of this passage ...
... told him he would quickly convince him of the * The Spectator's memory hath here deceived him ; no such passage is to be found in the Alcoran , though it pos sibly may in some of the histories of Mahomet's life . truth of this passage ...
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... told us , nothing is so fallacious as this outward sign of sorrow ; and the natural his- tory of our bodies will teach us that this flux of the eyes , this faculty of weeping , is peculiar only to some constitutions . We observe in the ...
... told us , nothing is so fallacious as this outward sign of sorrow ; and the natural his- tory of our bodies will teach us that this flux of the eyes , this faculty of weeping , is peculiar only to some constitutions . We observe in the ...
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... told her Sir John was come home ; then she would order another coach to prevent being dogged . The lover makes signs to me as I get behind the coach ; I shake my head , it was impossible : I leave my lady at the next turning , and ...
... told her Sir John was come home ; then she would order another coach to prevent being dogged . The lover makes signs to me as I get behind the coach ; I shake my head , it was impossible : I leave my lady at the next turning , and ...
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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...