The Spectator, Том 14Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 |
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... called the Christian Hero , published in 1701 , what I find there in ho- nour of the renowned hero , William III . who rescued that nation from the repetition of the same disasters . His late majesty , of glorious memory , and the most ...
... called the Christian Hero , published in 1701 , what I find there in ho- nour of the renowned hero , William III . who rescued that nation from the repetition of the same disasters . His late majesty , of glorious memory , and the most ...
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... great pleasure to yourself and to the public . It belongs to the church of Stebon - Heath , commonly called Stepney . Whether or no it be that the people of that parish have a particular genius for an epitaph , 24 No. 518 . SPECTATOR .
... great pleasure to yourself and to the public . It belongs to the church of Stebon - Heath , commonly called Stepney . Whether or no it be that the people of that parish have a particular genius for an epitaph , 24 No. 518 . SPECTATOR .
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... called men ; and the animal and vegetable kingdoms are so nearly joined , that if you will take the lowest of one , and the highest of the other , there will scarce be perceived any great difference between them and so on , until we ...
... called men ; and the animal and vegetable kingdoms are so nearly joined , that if you will take the lowest of one , and the highest of the other , there will scarce be perceived any great difference between them and so on , until we ...
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... called " embellishers ; " the others repeat only what they hear from others as literally as their parts or zeal will permit , and are called " re- citers . " Here was a fellow in town some years ago , who used to divert himself by ...
... called " embellishers ; " the others repeat only what they hear from others as literally as their parts or zeal will permit , and are called " re- citers . " Here was a fellow in town some years ago , who used to divert himself by ...
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... - ample , the dream of a young gentleman not pas- sed fifteen : I have likewise by me the dream of a person of quality , and another called The Lady's 1 Dream . In these , and other pieces of No. 524 . 51 SPECTATOR .
... - ample , the dream of a young gentleman not pas- sed fifteen : I have likewise by me the dream of a person of quality , and another called The Lady's 1 Dream . In these , and other pieces of No. 524 . 51 SPECTATOR .
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Страница 24 - ... yet come to my knowledge, and it is peremptorily said in the parish, that he has left money to build a steeple to the church ; for he was heard to say some time ago, that, if he lived two years longer, Coverley Church should have a steeple to it.
Страница 254 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
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Страница 251 - I still enlarged the idea, and supposed another heaven of suns and worlds rising still above this which we discovered, and these still enlightened by a superior firmament of luminaries, which are planted at so great a distance, that they may appear to the inhabitants of the former as the stars do to us : in short, whilst I pursued this thought, I could not but reflect on that little insignificant figure which I myself bore amidst the immensity of God's works.
Страница 139 - tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep...
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Страница 88 - ... ourselves, got the ideas of existence and duration, of knowledge and power, of pleasure and happiness, and of several other qualities and powers, which it is better to have than to be without ; when we would frame an idea the most suitable we can to the Supreme Being, we enlarge every one of these with our own idea of infinity ; and so putting them together make our complex idea of God.
Страница 138 - tis not done; the attempt and not the deed Confounds us. Hark! I laid their daggers ready; He could not miss them. Had he not resembled My father as he slept I had done 't.