The Spectator, Volume 8Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 - English essays |
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Page 37
... means we are gradually fallen into that vicious modesty , which has in some measure worn out from among us the ... mean to be ob- No. 458 . 37 SPECTATOR.
... means we are gradually fallen into that vicious modesty , which has in some measure worn out from among us the ... mean to be ob- No. 458 . 37 SPECTATOR.
Page 38
... mean whatever is revealed to us in the holy writings , and which we could not have obtained the know- ledge of by the light of nature ; by the things which we are to practise , I mean all those duties to which we are directed by reason ...
... mean whatever is revealed to us in the holy writings , and which we could not have obtained the know- ledge of by the light of nature ; by the things which we are to practise , I mean all those duties to which we are directed by reason ...
Page 46
... mean arts or the viler crafts of life . But these , ' added he with a disdainful air , are such who would fondly live here , when their merits neither matched the lustre of the place , nor their riches its expenses . We have seen such ...
... mean arts or the viler crafts of life . But these , ' added he with a disdainful air , are such who would fondly live here , when their merits neither matched the lustre of the place , nor their riches its expenses . We have seen such ...
Page 47
... mean the ceremonies , bows , curtsies , whisperings , smiles , winks , nods , with other familiar arts of salutation , which take up in our churches so much time that might be better employed , and which seem so utterly inconsis- tent ...
... mean the ceremonies , bows , curtsies , whisperings , smiles , winks , nods , with other familiar arts of salutation , which take up in our churches so much time that might be better employed , and which seem so utterly inconsis- tent ...
Page 62
... mean , as she's too nice to dwell Among the ruins of a filthy cell , So is her modesty withal as great , To balk the envy of a princely seat . NORRIS . I AM wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek and Latin ...
... mean , as she's too nice to dwell Among the ruins of a filthy cell , So is her modesty withal as great , To balk the envy of a princely seat . NORRIS . I AM wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek and Latin ...
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Page 73 - 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.
Page 101 - I HAVE SET THE LoRD ALWAYS BEFORE ME : Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Page 14 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ, Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 101 - 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; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy ; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 184 - 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.
Page 106 - Tunes her nocturnal note : 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...
Page 147 - WHO shall decide, when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me...
Page 72 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Page 60 - In counterpoise ; now ponders all events, Battles and realms : in these he put two weights, The sequel each of parting and of fight: The latter quick up flew, and...
Page 106 - And feel thy sovran vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.