The Spectator, no. 315-635Harper & Brothers, No. 82 Cliff-Street., 1837 - Bookbinding |
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... words you have published the term " Male Coquettes , " and have been very severe upon such as give themselves the liberty of a little dalliance of heart , and playing fast and loose between love and indifference , until perhaps an easy ...
... words you have published the term " Male Coquettes , " and have been very severe upon such as give themselves the liberty of a little dalliance of heart , and playing fast and loose between love and indifference , until perhaps an easy ...
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... words and sentiments , as cannot be sufficiently admired . I shall close my reflections upon this book with observing the masterly transi- tion which the poet makes to their evening worship in the following lines : Thus at their shady ...
... words and sentiments , as cannot be sufficiently admired . I shall close my reflections upon this book with observing the masterly transi- tion which the poet makes to their evening worship in the following lines : Thus at their shady ...
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... words : lest you should say , We have found out wisdom : God thrusteth him down , not man . Now he hath not di- rected his words against me : neither will I answer him with your speeches . They were amazed : they answered no more ; they ...
... words : lest you should say , We have found out wisdom : God thrusteth him down , not man . Now he hath not di- rected his words against me : neither will I answer him with your speeches . They were amazed : they answered no more ; they ...
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... words of my father , " says Telemachus , " were continually re- peated to me by his friends in his absence ; who made no scruple of communicating to ' MR . SPECTATOR , -I had the happiness me their uneasiness to see my mother sur - the ...
... words of my father , " says Telemachus , " were continually re- peated to me by his friends in his absence ; who made no scruple of communicating to ' MR . SPECTATOR , -I had the happiness me their uneasiness to see my mother sur - the ...
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... words alone pleas'd her . O , when meet now Such pairs , in love and mutual honour join'd ! niece , does all she can to be as disagreeable | book , which is filled with Adam's account as her aunt ; and if she is not as offensive to of ...
... words alone pleas'd her . O , when meet now Such pairs , in love and mutual honour join'd ! niece , does all she can to be as disagreeable | book , which is filled with Adam's account as her aunt ; and if she is not as offensive to of ...
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Page 217 - I have set the Lord always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: My flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; l Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy ; At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 366 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) how that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
Page 68 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse : and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 206 - Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 38 - For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
Page 241 - They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, And his wonders in the deep. For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof.
Page 238 - ... we are somewhat more than ourselves in our sleeps, and the slumber of the body seems to be but the waking of the soul. It is the ligation of sense, but the liberty of reason; and our waking conceptions do not match the fancies of our sleeps.
Page 15 - So spake our general mother, and, with eyes Of conjugal attraction unreproved And meek surrender, half embracing lean'd On our first father; half her swelling breast Naked met his under the flowing gold Of her loose tresses hid: he, in delight Both of her beauty and submissive charms...
Page 51 - 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 walk'd or flew ; Birds on the branches warbling ; all things smiled ; With fragrance and with joy my heart o'erflow'd.
Page 72 - He never shall find out fit mate, but such As some misfortune brings him, or mistake ; Or whom he wishes most shall seldom gain, Through her perverseness, but shall see her...