The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Spectator [no. 162-483H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 8 страници |
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... thought in infancy are lost in those of youth ; these too take a different turn in manhood , till old age often leads us back into our former infancy . A new title , or an un- expected success , throws us out of ourselves , and in a ...
... thought in infancy are lost in those of youth ; these too take a different turn in manhood , till old age often leads us back into our former infancy . A new title , or an un- expected success , throws us out of ourselves , and in a ...
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... thought of my Constantia , which for some years has been my only happiness , is now become a greater torment to me than I am able to bear . Must I then live to see you another's ? The streams , the fields , and meadows , where we have ...
... thought of my Constantia , which for some years has been my only happiness , is now become a greater torment to me than I am able to bear . Must I then live to see you another's ? The streams , the fields , and meadows , where we have ...
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... thought the good man was thus moved by his compassion towards her , and by the horror of her guilt , proceeded with the utmost contrition to acquaint him with that vow of vir- ginity in which she was going to engage herself , as the pro ...
... thought the good man was thus moved by his compassion towards her , and by the horror of her guilt , proceeded with the utmost contrition to acquaint him with that vow of vir- ginity in which she was going to engage herself , as the pro ...
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... thought im- practicable . Our general the next day sent a party of horse to reconnoitre them from a little hauteur , at about a quar- ter of an hour's distance from the army , who returned again to camp unobserved through several ...
... thought im- practicable . Our general the next day sent a party of horse to reconnoitre them from a little hauteur , at about a quar- ter of an hour's distance from the army , who returned again to camp unobserved through several ...
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... thought of pleasing , his surviving admirers . To take off from the severity of this speculation , I shall conclude this paper with a story of an atheistical author , who , at a time when he lay dangerously sick , and had desired the ...
... thought of pleasing , his surviving admirers . To take off from the severity of this speculation , I shall conclude this paper with a story of an atheistical author , who , at a time when he lay dangerously sick , and had desired the ...
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Страница 254 - O'er other creatures : yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best...
Страница 281 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Страница 439 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Страница 446 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, •And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Страница 155 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar...
Страница 37 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Страница 252 - By quick instinctive motion, up I sprung, As thitherward endeavouring, and upright Stood on my feet: about me round I saw Hill, dale, and shady woods, and sunny plains, And liquid lapse of murmuring streams; by these Creatures that lived and moved, and walked or flew; Birds on the branches warbling; ~a.ll things smiled; With fragrance and with joy my heart o'erflowed.
Страница 228 - Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad...
Страница 486 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Страница 480 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.