The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]: with sketches of the lives of the authors, and explantory notes1816 |
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... learned body , I applied myself with so much diligence to my studies , that there are few celebrated books , either in the learn- ed or the modern tongues , which I am not acquainted with . Upon the death of my father I was resolved to ...
... learned body , I applied myself with so much diligence to my studies , that there are few celebrated books , either in the learn- ed or the modern tongues , which I am not acquainted with . Upon the death of my father I was resolved to ...
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... learned of any of the house in those of the stage . Aristotle and Longinus are much better understood by him than Lit tleton or Coke . The father sends up every post ques tions relating to marriage - articles , leases , and tenures , in ...
... learned of any of the house in those of the stage . Aristotle and Longinus are much better understood by him than Lit tleton or Coke . The father sends up every post ques tions relating to marriage - articles , leases , and tenures , in ...
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... learned without talking sentences , as in his ordi- nary gesture he discovers he can dance , though he does not cut capers . In a word , I shall take it for the great- est glory of my work , if among reasonable women this paper may ...
... learned without talking sentences , as in his ordi- nary gesture he discovers he can dance , though he does not cut capers . In a word , I shall take it for the great- est glory of my work , if among reasonable women this paper may ...
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... learned and illiterate , the dull and the airy , the philosopher and the buffoon , can all of them bear a part . The Kit - Cat * itself is said to have taken * This club , consisting of the most distinguished wits and states its ...
... learned and illiterate , the dull and the airy , the philosopher and the buffoon , can all of them bear a part . The Kit - Cat * itself is said to have taken * This club , consisting of the most distinguished wits and states its ...
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... learned a language of their own , in which the voyager communicated to his mistress , how happy he should be to have her in his country , where she should be clothed in such silks as his waistcoat was made of , and be carried in houses ...
... learned a language of their own , in which the voyager communicated to his mistress , how happy he should be to have her in his country , where she should be clothed in such silks as his waistcoat was made of , and be carried in houses ...
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acquaint acrostics ADDISON admiration Æneid agreeable anagrams appear APRIL 13 April 26 Aristotle audience beautiful behaviour Ben Johnson called character Cicero club coffee-house conversation discourse dress DRYDEN endeavour English entertainment eyes false favour genius gentleman give hand heard heart hero honour Hudibras humble servant humour Italian JOHN HENLEY kind king lady laugh learned letter likewise lion live look Lord lover mankind manner March 15 means mind nature never night observed occasion opera OVID paper particular passion person Pharamond Pict piece play pleased pleasure poem poet portunity Porus present prince reader reason ROSCOMMON scene sense shew speak Spectator stage STEELE talk taste Tatler tell thing thou thought tion told town tragedy turn verses VIRG Virgil virtue Whigs whole woman women words writing young
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第 48 頁 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold, Both day and night. How often, from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to others...
第 38 頁 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven, to inhabit among Men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables and in CoffeeHouses.
第 235 頁 - For. wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas. and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity. thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy: judgment. on the contrary. lies quite on the other side. in separating carefully one from another ideas wherein can be found the least difference. thereby to avoid being misled by similitude and by affinity to take one thing for another.
第 5 頁 - THE first of our society is a gentleman of Worcestershire, of an ancient descent, a baronet, his name Sir Roger de Coverley. His great grandfather was inventor of that famous country-dance which is called after him. All who know that shire are very well acquainted with the parts and merits of Sir Roger. He is a gentleman that is very singular in his behaviour, but his singularities proceed from his good sense, and are contradictions to the manners of the world, only as he thinks the world is in the...
第 266 頁 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet...
第 267 頁 - ... and dreadful scene of death, occasioned by the mutual feuds which reigned in the families of an English and Scotch nobleman : that he designed this for the instruction of his poem, we may learn from his four last lines, in which, after the example of the modern tragedians, he draws from it a precept for the benefit of his readers. God save the King, and bless the land In plenty, joy, and peace ; And grant henceforth that foul debate 'Twixt noblemen may cease.
第 165 頁 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel Revisits thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls?
第 180 頁 - Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me : the brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter*, more than I invent, or is invented on me : I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
第 10 頁 - To conclude his character, where women are not concerned, he is an honest worthy man. I cannot tell whether I am to account him whom I am next to speak of as one of our company, for he visits us but seldom ; but when he does, it adds to every man else a new enjoyment of himself. He is a clergyman, a very philosophic man, of general learning, great sanctity of life, and the most exact good breeding.
第 165 頁 - Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!