Essays from AddisonMacmillan Company, 1907 - 112 頁 |
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第 ix 頁
... described the way in " I fared like a distressed prince who which he was outshone . calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid ; I was undone by my own auxiliary ; when I had once called him in I could not subsist without dependence on ...
... described the way in " I fared like a distressed prince who which he was outshone . calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid ; I was undone by my own auxiliary ; when I had once called him in I could not subsist without dependence on ...
第 xi 頁
... described in Essay No. VII . Addison used the new literary form of the newspaper to educate the society of his day - to improve the morals of the upper class and the manners of the middle class . The dramatic fiction of the Spectator's ...
... described in Essay No. VII . Addison used the new literary form of the newspaper to educate the society of his day - to improve the morals of the upper class and the manners of the middle class . The dramatic fiction of the Spectator's ...
第 36 頁
... described this mixed communion of men and spirits in Paradise ; and had doubtless his eye upon a verse in old Hesiod , which is almost word for word the same with his third line in the following passage . -Nor think , though men were ...
... described this mixed communion of men and spirits in Paradise ; and had doubtless his eye upon a verse in old Hesiod , which is almost word for word the same with his third line in the following passage . -Nor think , though men were ...
第 42 頁
... described in holy writ by " the path of an arrow , " which is immediately closed up and lost . Upon my going into the church , I entertained myself with the digging of a grave ; and saw in every shovelful of it that 10 was thrown up ...
... described in holy writ by " the path of an arrow , " which is immediately closed up and lost . Upon my going into the church , I entertained myself with the digging of a grave ; and saw in every shovelful of it that 10 was thrown up ...
第 49 頁
... described other advantages , or , as he calls them , fruits of friendship ; and indeed there is no subject of morality which has been better handled and more exhausted than this . Among the several fine things which have been spoken of ...
... described other advantages , or , as he calls them , fruits of friendship ; and indeed there is no subject of morality which has been better handled and more exhausted than this . Among the several fine things which have been spoken of ...
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第 68 頁 - The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred.
第 67 頁 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As 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.
第 68 頁 - But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
第 82 頁 - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
第 60 頁 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself or sends his servants to them.
第 78 頁 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
第 70 頁 - 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.
第 61 頁 - I was yesterday very much surprised to hear my old friend, in the midst of the service, calling out to one John Matthews to mind what he was about, and not disturb the congregation. This John Matthews it seems is remarkable for being an idle fellow, and at that time was kicking his heels for his diversion.
第 57 頁 - I have observed in several of my papers that my friend Sir Roger, amidst all his good qualities, is something of a humorist ; and that his virtues, as well as imperfections, are, as it were, tinged by a certain extravagance which makes them particularly his, and distinguishes them from those of other men. This cast of...
第 67 頁 - man is but a shadow and life a dream.' Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a musical instrument in his hand.