The Spectator, Том 1J.Crissy, 1824 |
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... . As he travelled through this delightful scene , he was very often tempted to pluck the flowers that rose every where about him in the greatest varie- ty and profusion , having never seen several of them 8 No. 56 . THE SPECTATOR .
... . As he travelled through this delightful scene , he was very often tempted to pluck the flowers that rose every where about him in the greatest varie- ty and profusion , having never seen several of them 8 No. 56 . THE SPECTATOR .
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Joseph Addison. ty and profusion , having never seen several of them in his own country : but he quickly found that though they were objects of his sight , they were not liable to his touch . He at length came to the side of a great ...
Joseph Addison. ty and profusion , having never seen several of them in his own country : but he quickly found that though they were objects of his sight , they were not liable to his touch . He at length came to the side of a great ...
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... never seen in her life ; and indeed never knew a party- woman that kept her beauty for a twelvemonth . I would therefore advise all my female readers , as they value their complexions , to let alone all disputes of this nature ; though ...
... never seen in her life ; and indeed never knew a party- woman that kept her beauty for a twelvemonth . I would therefore advise all my female readers , as they value their complexions , to let alone all disputes of this nature ; though ...
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... never be persuaded , that so fine a writer as Theocritus could have been the author of any such simple works . It was impossible for a man to succeed in these performances who was not a kind of painter , or at least a designer . He was ...
... never be persuaded , that so fine a writer as Theocritus could have been the author of any such simple works . It was impossible for a man to succeed in these performances who was not a kind of painter , or at least a designer . He was ...
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... never permitted to inscribe their own names upon their works . For the same reason , it is thought that the forelock of the horse in the an- tique equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius , re- presents at a distance the shape of an owl ...
... never permitted to inscribe their own names upon their works . For the same reason , it is thought that the forelock of the horse in the an- tique equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius , re- presents at a distance the shape of an owl ...
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Страница 252 - I intend to form several of my ensuing speculations. Sir 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 105 - The noble earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he...
Страница 81 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas, that I found not my heart more moved than with a trumpet; and yet it is sung by some blind crowder with no rougher voice than rude style ; which being so evil apparelled in the dust and cobweb of that uncivil age, what would it work trimmed in the gorgeous eloquence of Pindar?
Страница 252 - HAVING often received an invitation from my friend Sir Roger de Coverley, to pass away a month with him in the country, I last week accompanied him thither, and am settled with him for some time at his countryhouse, where I intend to form several of my ensuing speculations. Sir Roger, who is very well acquainted with my...
Страница 255 - As Sir Roger was going on in his story, the gentleman we were talking of came up to us ; and upon the knight's asking him who preached to-morrow (for it was Saturday night), told us, the Bishop of St. Asaph in the morning, and Dr. South in the afternoon.
Страница 235 - Fan, according to the most fashionable airs and motions that are now practised at Court. The Ladies who carry Fans under me are drawn up twice a day in my great Hall, where they are instructed in the use of their Arms, and exercised by the following words of command: Handle your Fans, Unfurl your Fans, Discharge your Fans, Ground your Fans, Recover your Fans, Flutter your Fans.
Страница 78 - The single dress of a woman of quality is often the product of an hundred climates. The muff and the fan come together from the different ends of the earth. The scarf is sent from the torrid zone, and the tippet from beneath the pole. The brocade petticoat rises out of the mines of Peru, and the diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan.
Страница 253 - My chief companion, when Sir Roger is diverting himself in the woods or the fields, is a very venerable man who is ever with Sir Roger, and has lived at his house in the nature of a chaplain above thirty years. This gentleman is a person of good sense and some learning, of a very regular life and obliging conversation...
Страница 254 - I have given him the parsonage of the parish ; and because I know his value have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he outlives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years; and though he does not know I have taken notice of it, has never in all that time asked...
Страница 222 - ... hung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.