The Spectator, Том 1J.Crissy, 1824 |
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... pass through secret and gloomy paths of his own ; but in the possession of a man of business , it is as a torch in the hand of one who is willing and able to show those who are bewildered , the way which leads to their prosperity and ...
... pass through secret and gloomy paths of his own ; but in the possession of a man of business , it is as a torch in the hand of one who is willing and able to show those who are bewildered , the way which leads to their prosperity and ...
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... passes indeed with his soft admirers , and gives him the preference to Virgil in their es- teem . ' Were not I supported by so great an authori- ty as that of Mr. Dryden , I should not venture to observe , that the taste of most of our ...
... passes indeed with his soft admirers , and gives him the preference to Virgil in their es- teem . ' Were not I supported by so great an authori- ty as that of Mr. Dryden , I should not venture to observe , that the taste of most of our ...
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... pass upon some for a man of very good sense , and me upon others for a very civil person . ' This whole celebrated piece is a perfect con- tradiction to good manners , good sense , and common honesty , and as there is nothing in it but ...
... pass upon some for a man of very good sense , and me upon others for a very civil person . ' This whole celebrated piece is a perfect con- tradiction to good manners , good sense , and common honesty , and as there is nothing in it but ...
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... pass between her and this husband , that she is every moment told of , and for whom she seems to be educated . Thus her fancy is engaged to turn all her endeavours to the ornament of her person , as what must determine her good and ill ...
... pass between her and this husband , that she is every moment told of , and for whom she seems to be educated . Thus her fancy is engaged to turn all her endeavours to the ornament of her person , as what must determine her good and ill ...
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... passes between two persons who are familiar and intimate friends . On these occa- sions , a man gives a loose to every passion and every thought that is uppermost , discovers his most retired opinions of persons and things , tries the ...
... passes between two persons who are familiar and intimate friends . On these occa- sions , a man gives a loose to every passion and every thought that is uppermost , discovers his most retired opinions of persons and things , tries the ...
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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.