The Spectator in miniature: being a collection of the principle essays, compressed into 2 vols. by F. Prevost and F.W. Blagdon, Tom 11808 |
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Strona ii
... exalted theme , And visions such as Jove himself might dream ; Men sunk to slav'ry , though to glory born ; Heav'n's pride when upright , when deprav'd its scorn . " : Thus , as the poet has energetically expressed it , ii PREFACE .
... exalted theme , And visions such as Jove himself might dream ; Men sunk to slav'ry , though to glory born ; Heav'n's pride when upright , when deprav'd its scorn . " : Thus , as the poet has energetically expressed it , ii PREFACE .
Strona iii
Spectator The rev Francis Prevost. Thus , as the poet has energetically expressed it , ami- kable and unassuming manners , manly liberal senti- sments , benevolent affections , and rational piety , are recommended in every page of the ...
Spectator The rev Francis Prevost. Thus , as the poet has energetically expressed it , ami- kable and unassuming manners , manly liberal senti- sments , benevolent affections , and rational piety , are recommended in every page of the ...
Strona iv
... poets , who by laconism of expres- sion and harmony of numbers give a finer turn to a thought than prose writers , were affixed to the papers of the Spectator ; we have preserved them in its Mi- niature . The illiterate and the fair ...
... poets , who by laconism of expres- sion and harmony of numbers give a finer turn to a thought than prose writers , were affixed to the papers of the Spectator ; we have preserved them in its Mi- niature . The illiterate and the fair ...
Strona vi
... poet , who , blessed with wit , opulence , and amiable friends , but devoured by melancholy , never could find happiness . He was descended from an an- cient and opulent family , which had for some centuries been settled at Congleton ...
... poet , who , blessed with wit , opulence , and amiable friends , but devoured by melancholy , never could find happiness . He was descended from an an- cient and opulent family , which had for some centuries been settled at Congleton ...
Strona vii
... poet , who was his eldest son : thus , want , which has compelled many of our greatest men into the service of the Muses , had no influence upon PARNELL ; he was a poet by inclination . Surprising things are told of the greatness of our ...
... poet , who was his eldest son : thus , want , which has compelled many of our greatest men into the service of the Muses , had no influence upon PARNELL ; he was a poet by inclination . Surprising things are told of the greatness of our ...
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Acrostics ADDISON admired affect agreeable anagram animals appear Aristotle atheist Avarice beautiful behaviour behold Blanche of Castile body called character Cicero consider conversation creatures death delight divine dreams dress DRYDEN endeavour Eucrate excellent fancy favour Fidelio fortune genius gentleman George Etheridge give glory greatest habit hand happy heard heart Heaven Hesiod honour human humour ideas imagination infinite JOSEPH ADDISON kind king lady Lætitia laugh live look Lord mankind manner ment mind nature neral never nurse observe occasion opinion Ovid particular passion perfection person Pharamond Pict Pindar pleased pleasure poet praise present prince racter reader reason religion ROSCOMMON scenes sense sight sion Sir Richard Baker soul speak Spectator Tatler tell temper thing thou thought tion told Trophonius turn VIRG Virgil virtue Whig whilst whole woman wonderful words writings young
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Strona 42 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Strona 40 - There is not, in my opinion, a more pleasing and triumphant consideration in religion than this, of the perpetual progress which the soul makes towards the perfection of its nature, without ever arriving at a period in it.
Strona 96 - ... notwithstanding any anxieties which he pretends for his mistress, his country, or his friends, one may see by his action, that his greatest care and concern is to keep the plume of feathers from falling off his head.
Strona 118 - When I lay me down to sleep, I recommend myself to his care; when I awake, I give myself up to his direction. Amidst all the evils that threaten me, I will look up to him for help, and question not but he will either avert them, or turn them to my advantage. Though I know neither the time nor the manner of the death I am to die, I am not at all solicitous about it; because I am sure that he knows them both, and that he will not fail to comfort and support me under them.
Strona 176 - I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Strona 261 - WAS yesterday, about sun-set, walking in the open fields, till the night insensibly fell upon me. I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of colours which appeared in the western parts of heaven ; in proportion as they faded away and went out, several stars and planets appeared one after another, till the whole firmament was in a glow.
Strona 42 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man...
Strona 186 - 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.
Strona 180 - I could discover nothing in it: but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.
Strona 186 - Our ships are laden with the harvest of every climate : our tables are stored with spices, and oils, and wines; our rooms are filled with pyramids of China, and adorned with the workmanship of Japan : our morning's draught comes to us from the remotest corners of the earth; we repair our bodies by the drugs of America, and repose ourselves under Indian canopies.