The Spectator, Том 2George Atherton Aitken Longmans, Green, & Company, 1898 |
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... carry me to the king ; my story is not to be told twice , I fear I shall not be able to speak it at all . " " Pharamond commanded Eucrate to let him enter ; he did so , and the gentleman approached the king with an air which spoke him ...
... carry me to the king ; my story is not to be told twice , I fear I shall not be able to speak it at all . " " Pharamond commanded Eucrate to let him enter ; he did so , and the gentleman approached the king with an air which spoke him ...
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... carried him to their master , whom he had never seen before , and did not know he was then in company with him . ' After a short examination of his face , the physiog- 1 Know who he was ' ( folio ) . nomist pronounced him the most lewd ...
... carried him to their master , whom he had never seen before , and did not know he was then in company with him . ' After a short examination of his face , the physiog- 1 Know who he was ' ( folio ) . nomist pronounced him the most lewd ...
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... carry on amours and make assignations in his master's clothes . The fellow had a very good person , and there are very many women that think no further than the outside of a gentleman ; besides which , he was almost as learned a man as ...
... carry on amours and make assignations in his master's clothes . The fellow had a very good person , and there are very many women that think no further than the outside of a gentleman ; besides which , he was almost as learned a man as ...
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... you are ; and upon that ordered me to be carried to one of their houses , and put to bed in all my swaddles . The room was lighted up on all sides ; and I was laid very decently between a pair1 of No. 90 47 The SPECTATOR.
... you are ; and upon that ordered me to be carried to one of their houses , and put to bed in all my swaddles . The room was lighted up on all sides ; and I was laid very decently between a pair1 of No. 90 47 The SPECTATOR.
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... carrying all things before them , as if they were possessors of the esteem of mankind ; and all , who were but a year before them in the world , were neglected or deceased . Flavia , upon such a provocation , is 50 No. 91 The SPECTATOR.
... carrying all things before them , as if they were possessors of the esteem of mankind ; and all , who were but a year before them in the world , were neglected or deceased . Flavia , upon such a provocation , is 50 No. 91 The SPECTATOR.
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Страница 368 - Bagdad, 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.
Страница 144 - 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...
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Страница 119 - 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...
Страница 116 - 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.
Страница 192 - A MAN'S first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next, to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected ; but otherwise, there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself seconded by the applauses of the public. A man is more sure of his conduct, when the verdict which he passes upon his own behaviour is thus warranted, and confirmed by the opinion of...
Страница 169 - I believe in general that there is, and has been, such a thing as witchcraft; but at the same time can give no credit to any particular instance of it.
Страница 115 - HAVING often received an invitation from my friend Sir Roger de Coverley to pass away a month with him in the country...
Страница 120 - ... 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.