The Spectator, Volume 6J. and R. Tonson, 1767 - English essays |
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Page 37
... several to witness that he had declared his opinion above a week before , that the French King was certain- ly dead ; to which he added , that confidering the late advices we had received from France , it was impoffible that it could be ...
... several to witness that he had declared his opinion above a week before , that the French King was certain- ly dead ; to which he added , that confidering the late advices we had received from France , it was impoffible that it could be ...
Page 55
... several ingredients were taken . A man of a fine taste in writing will difcern , after the fame man- ner , not only the general beauties and imperfections of an author , but difcover the feveral ways of thinking . and expreffing himself ...
... several ingredients were taken . A man of a fine taste in writing will difcern , after the fame man- ner , not only the general beauties and imperfections of an author , but difcover the feveral ways of thinking . and expreffing himself ...
Page 67
... several modifications of matter which the mind , without any previous confideration , pronounces at firft fight beautiful or deformed . Thus we fee that every different fpecies of fenfible creatures has its different no- tions of beauty ...
... several modifications of matter which the mind , without any previous confideration , pronounces at firft fight beautiful or deformed . Thus we fee that every different fpecies of fenfible creatures has its different no- tions of beauty ...
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... several rows of hedges fet off by trees and flowers , that the foil was capable of receiving , a man might make a pretty landkip of his own poffeffions . Writers , who have given us an account of China , tell us the inhabitants of that ...
... several rows of hedges fet off by trees and flowers , that the foil was capable of receiving , a man might make a pretty landkip of his own poffeffions . Writers , who have given us an account of China , tell us the inhabitants of that ...
Page 82
... several promi- nencies and depreffions of a human body could be fhewn on a plain piece of canvas , that has in it no unevenness or irregularity . Defcription runs yet farther from the things it reprefents than painting ; for a picture ...
... several promi- nencies and depreffions of a human body could be fhewn on a plain piece of canvas , that has in it no unevenness or irregularity . Defcription runs yet farther from the things it reprefents than painting ; for a picture ...
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Page 66 - On the contrary, a spacious horizon is an image of liberty, where the eye has room to range abroad, to expatiate at large on the immensity of its views, and to lose itself amidst the variety of objects that offer themselves to its observation. Such wide and undetermined prospects are as pleasing to the fancy as the speculations of eternity or infinitude are to the understanding.
Page 298 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 14 - I rightly conceived your meaning ; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty, perform your command. " But let not your grace ever imagine that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault, where not so much as a thought thereof preceded.
Page 86 - But this is certain, that a noble writer should be born with this faculty in its full strength and vigour, so as to be able to receive lively ideas from outward objects, to retain them long, and to range them together, upon occasion, in such figures and representations, as are most likely to hit the fancy of the reader.
Page 220 - Every blessing we enjoy, by what means soever it may be derived upon us, is the gift of Him who is the great Author of Good, and Father of Mercies.
Page 71 - He has annexed a secret pleasure to the idea of any thing that is new or uncommon, that he might encourage us in the pursuit after knowledge, and engage us to search into the wonders of his creation ; for every new idea brings such a pleasure along with it as rewards any pains we have taken in its acquisition, and consequently serves as a motive to put us upon fresh discoveries.
Page 15 - Grace may be freed from an open censure, and mine offence being so lawfully proved, your Grace is at liberty, both before God and man, not only to execute worthy punishment on me as an unlawful wife, but to follow your affection, already...
Page 15 - ... of mine enemies, withdraw your princely favour from me; neither let that stain, that unworthy stain of a disloyal heart towards your good grace, ever cast so foul a blot on your most dutiful wife, and the infant princess your daughter.
Page 69 - There is a second kind of beauty that we find in the several products of art and nature, which does not work in the imagination with that warmth and violence as the beauty that appears in our proper species, but is apt however to raise in us a secret delight, and a kind of fondness for the places or objects in which we discover it.
Page 66 - The mind of man naturally hates every thing that looks like a restraint upon it...