The British Essayists: SpectatorC. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... calumnious at such a time ; and , from the whole course of his applauded satisfactions , unable in the end to re- collect any circumstance which can add to the enjoy- ment of his own mind alone , or which he 18 NO . 151 . SPECTATOR .
... calumnious at such a time ; and , from the whole course of his applauded satisfactions , unable in the end to re- collect any circumstance which can add to the enjoy- ment of his own mind alone , or which he 18 NO . 151 . SPECTATOR .
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ment of his own mind alone , or which he would put his character upon with other men . Thus it is with those who are best made for becoming pleasures : but how monstrous is it in the generality of mankind who pretend this way , without ...
ment of his own mind alone , or which he would put his character upon with other men . Thus it is with those who are best made for becoming pleasures : but how monstrous is it in the generality of mankind who pretend this way , without ...
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... ment and subsistence to greater numbers than the richest nobleman ; and even the nobleman is obliged to him for finding out foreign markets for the pro- duce of his estate , and for making a great addition to his rents ; and yet it is ...
... ment and subsistence to greater numbers than the richest nobleman ; and even the nobleman is obliged to him for finding out foreign markets for the pro- duce of his estate , and for making a great addition to his rents ; and yet it is ...
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... present troubles , which you are the more obliged to assist me in , as you were yourself in a great measure the cause of them , by recommending to us an instru- ment , and not instructing us at the same time N 2 NO . 175 . 135 SPECTATOR .
... present troubles , which you are the more obliged to assist me in , as you were yourself in a great measure the cause of them , by recommending to us an instru- ment , and not instructing us at the same time N 2 NO . 175 . 135 SPECTATOR .
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ment , and not instructing us at the same time how to play upon it . " I have been thinking whether it might not be highly convenient , that all butts should wear an in- scription affixed to some part of their bodies , show- ing on ...
ment , and not instructing us at the same time how to play upon it . " I have been thinking whether it might not be highly convenient , that all butts should wear an in- scription affixed to some part of their bodies , show- ing on ...
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Page 58 - Is death to be feared that will convey thee to so happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain, who has such an eternity reserved for him." I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. At length, said I,
Page 53 - to her, and she laughed at the places where she thought I was touched; I threw away your moral, and taking up her girdle cried out, Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the ' sun *' goes round f. " She smiled, Sir, and said you were a pedant; so
Page 372 - being placed at so great a distance from him. The objects do not appear little to him, because they are remote. He considers that those pleasures and pains which lie hid in eternity, approach nearer to him every moment, and will be present with him in their full weight and measure, as much as those pains
Page 148 - Pursuant to those passages in holy scripture, I have somewhere met with the epitaph of a charitable man, which has very much pleased me. I cannot recollect the words, but the sense of it is to this purpose; What I spent I lost ; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains
Page 13 - Tis on this occasion that he afterwards adds the reflection which I have chosen for my motto: Want is the scorn of every wealthy fool, And wit in rags is turn'd to ridicule. DRYDEN. It must be confessed that few things make a man appear more despicable, or more prejudice his
Page 93 - after his death would ever inquire after it. The dying man had still so much the frailty of an author in him, as to be cut to the heart with these consolations ; and, without answering the good man, asked his friends about him, with a peevishness that is natural to a sick person, where they
Page 47 - and ferocity which some men, though liberally educated, carry about them in all their behaviour. To be bred like a gentleman, and punished like a malefactor, must, as we see it does, produce that illiberal sauciness which we see sometimes in men of letters. The Spartan boy who suffered the fox which he had
Page 188 - not found his post tenable, and is therefore retired into deism, and a disbelief of revealed religion only. But the truth of it is, the greatest number of this set of men are those who, for want of a virtuous education, or examining the grounds of religion, know so very little of
Page 71 - our great Judge, and pass our whole life- in offending and asking pardon. On the contrary, the beings underneath us are not capable of sinning, nor those above us of repenting. The one is out of the possibilities of duty, and the other fixed in an eternal course of sin, or an eternal course of virtue.
Page 183 - shall extend the word interest to a larger meaning than what is generally given it, as it relates to our spiritual safety and welfare, as well as to our temporal. A man is glad to gain numbers on his side, as they serve to strengthen him in his private opinions. Every proselyte VOL.