The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Spectator [no. 162-483H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 8 σελίδες |
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... turn in manhood , till old age often leads us back into our former infancy . A new title , or an un- expected success , throws us out of ourselves , and in a manner destroys our identity . A cloudy day , or a little sunshine , have as ...
... turn in manhood , till old age often leads us back into our former infancy . A new title , or an un- expected success , throws us out of ourselves , and in a manner destroys our identity . A cloudy day , or a little sunshine , have as ...
Σελίδα 21
... turn into ridicule , and by that means gain the reputation of a wit . The ill - natured man , though but of equal parts , gives himself a larger field to expatiate in , he exposes the failings in human nature which the other would cast ...
... turn into ridicule , and by that means gain the reputation of a wit . The ill - natured man , though but of equal parts , gives himself a larger field to expatiate in , he exposes the failings in human nature which the other would cast ...
Σελίδα 24
... turns their thoughts upon their wives . A second sort of men , who are most liable to this pas- sion , are those of cunning , wary , and distrustful tempers . It is a fault very justly found in histories composed by poli- ticians , that ...
... turns their thoughts upon their wives . A second sort of men , who are most liable to this pas- sion , are those of cunning , wary , and distrustful tempers . It is a fault very justly found in histories composed by poli- ticians , that ...
Σελίδα 26
... turns my hidden grief appears In rising sighs and falling tears , That show too well the warm desires , The silent , slow , consuming fires , Which on my inmost vitals prey , And melt my very soul away . The jealous man is not indeed ...
... turns my hidden grief appears In rising sighs and falling tears , That show too well the warm desires , The silent , slow , consuming fires , Which on my inmost vitals prey , And melt my very soul away . The jealous man is not indeed ...
Σελίδα 28
... turn with all the contempt and scorn that is due to so insolent a behaviour . On the contrary , it is very probable , a melancholy , dejected carriage , the usual effects of injured innocence , may soften the jealous husband into pity ...
... turn with all the contempt and scorn that is due to so insolent a behaviour . On the contrary , it is very probable , a melancholy , dejected carriage , the usual effects of injured innocence , may soften the jealous husband into pity ...
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Σελίδα 254 - O'er other creatures : yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best...
Σελίδα 281 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Σελίδα 439 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Σελίδα 446 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, •And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Σελίδα 155 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar...
Σελίδα 37 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Σελίδα 252 - By quick instinctive motion, up I sprung, As thitherward endeavouring, and upright Stood on my feet: about me round I saw Hill, dale, and shady woods, and sunny plains, And liquid lapse of murmuring streams; by these Creatures that lived and moved, and walked or flew; Birds on the branches warbling; ~a.ll things smiled; With fragrance and with joy my heart o'erflowed.
Σελίδα 228 - Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad...
Σελίδα 486 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Σελίδα 480 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.