The Spectator: ...Phil. Crampton, 1737 |
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... are in- tirely to be ascribed to your own perfonal Genius and Appli cation , You are formed for these Accomplishments by a happy Turn of Nature , and have fi nished A 3 nished your self in them by the utmost Improvements of The Dedication .
... are in- tirely to be ascribed to your own perfonal Genius and Appli cation , You are formed for these Accomplishments by a happy Turn of Nature , and have fi nished A 3 nished your self in them by the utmost Improvements of The Dedication .
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... these Qualifications ( whatever may be the secret Ambition of his Heart ) must never hope to make the Figure you have done , amongst the fashionable part of his Species . It is therefore no wonder , we fee fuch Multitudes of afpiring ...
... these Qualifications ( whatever may be the secret Ambition of his Heart ) must never hope to make the Figure you have done , amongst the fashionable part of his Species . It is therefore no wonder , we fee fuch Multitudes of afpiring ...
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... these Politicians of both Sides have already worked the Nation into a most unnatural Ferment , I shall be fo far from endeavouring to raise it to a grea- ter Height , that on the contrary , it fhall be the chief Tendency of my Papers ...
... these Politicians of both Sides have already worked the Nation into a most unnatural Ferment , I shall be fo far from endeavouring to raise it to a grea- ter Height , that on the contrary , it fhall be the chief Tendency of my Papers ...
Σελίδα 9
... these two Remarks , and feated in my Elbow - Chair , I infenfibly fell asleep ; when , on a fudden , methought there was a Proclamation made by Jupiter , that every Mortal should bring in his Griefs and and Calamities , and throw them ...
... these two Remarks , and feated in my Elbow - Chair , I infenfibly fell asleep ; when , on a fudden , methought there was a Proclamation made by Jupiter , that every Mortal should bring in his Griefs and and Calamities , and throw them ...
Σελίδα 10
... these Bundles of Calamities , they could not perfwade themselves to caft them into the Heap , when they came up to it ; but after a few faint Efforts fhook their Heads and marched away , as heavy loaden as they came . I faw Multitudes ...
... these Bundles of Calamities , they could not perfwade themselves to caft them into the Heap , when they came up to it ; but after a few faint Efforts fhook their Heads and marched away , as heavy loaden as they came . I faw Multitudes ...
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Σελίδα 259 - ... all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy. But when, or where ? — This world was made for Caesar.
Σελίδα 37 - 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.
Σελίδα 11 - I did not question, came loaded with his crimes; but, upon searching into his bundle, I found that, instead of throwing his guilt from him, he had only laid down his memory. He was followed by another worthless rogue, who flung away his modesty, instead of his ignorance.
Σελίδα 11 - The immoderate breadth of the features made me very much out of humour with my own countenance, upon which I threw it from me like a mask. It happened very luckily that one who stood by me had just before thrown down his visage, which it seems was too long for him.
Σελίδα 67 - to the sun, and water to the diamond. It irradiates every metal, and enriches lead with all the properties of gold. It heightens smoke into flame, flame into light, and light into glory.
Σελίδα 53 - We may assure ourselves that the great Author of nature will not always be as one who is indifferent to any of his creatures.
Σελίδα 134 - ... there is more beauty in the works of a great genius, who is ignorant of all the rules of art, than in the works of a little genius, who not only knows but scrupulously observes them.
Σελίδα 10 - I saw multitudes of old women throw down their wrinkles, and several young ones who stripped themselves of a tawny skin.
Σελίδα 71 - We make provisions for this life, as though it were never to have an end, and for the other life, as though it were never to have a beginning. Should a spirit of superior rank, who is a stranger to human nature, accidentally alight upon the earth, and take a survey of its inhabitants ; what would his notions of us...
Σελίδα 10 - Jupiter, that every mortal should bring in his griefs and calamities, and throw them together in a heap. There was a large plain appointed for this purpose. I took my stand in the centre of it, and saw with a great deal of pleasure the whole human species marching one after another, and throwing down their several loads, which immediately grew up into a prodigious mountain, that seemed to rise above the clouds.