The Spectator, Volume 8Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 |
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... heard the streets in the possession of the bell - man , who had now the world to himself , and cry'd Past two o'clock . ' This roused me from my seat ; and I went to my lodgings , led by a light , whom I put into the discourse of his ...
... heard the streets in the possession of the bell - man , who had now the world to himself , and cry'd Past two o'clock . ' This roused me from my seat ; and I went to my lodgings , led by a light , whom I put into the discourse of his ...
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... heard of something that was valuable in himself , and expected a para- dise which she promised as the reward of his merit . Thus were we drawn to follow her , till she should bring us where it was to be bestowed ; and it was observable ...
... heard of something that was valuable in himself , and expected a para- dise which she promised as the reward of his merit . Thus were we drawn to follow her , till she should bring us where it was to be bestowed ; and it was observable ...
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... heard a voice in the crowd bemoaning the condition of mankind , which is thus managed by the breath of Opinion , deluded by Error , fired by Self - Conceit , and given up to be trained in all the courses of Vanity , till Scorn or ...
... heard a voice in the crowd bemoaning the condition of mankind , which is thus managed by the breath of Opinion , deluded by Error , fired by Self - Conceit , and given up to be trained in all the courses of Vanity , till Scorn or ...
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... heard it firmly resolved , that he should be used no better wherever they met with him hereafter . I had already seen the meaning of most part of that warning which he had given , and was consi- dering how the latter words should be ...
... heard it firmly resolved , that he should be used no better wherever they met with him hereafter . I had already seen the meaning of most part of that warning which he had given , and was consi- dering how the latter words should be ...
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... heard . ' The middle condition seems to be the most ad- vantageously situated for the gaining of wisdom . Poverty turns our thoughts too much upon the supplying of our wants , and riches upon our en- joying superfluities ; and , as ...
... heard . ' The middle condition seems to be the most ad- vantageously situated for the gaining of wisdom . Poverty turns our thoughts too much upon the supplying of our wants , and riches upon our en- joying superfluities ; and , as ...
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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.