The Spectator, المجلد 3W. Wilson, 1778 |
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الصفحة 37
... fpeak of it as it is a moral virtue . The firft may makea man eafy in himself and agreeable to others , but implies no merit in him that is poffeffed of it . A man is no more to be praised upon this account , than because he has a ...
... fpeak of it as it is a moral virtue . The firft may makea man eafy in himself and agreeable to others , but implies no merit in him that is poffeffed of it . A man is no more to be praised upon this account , than because he has a ...
الصفحة 54
... fpeak to her for weeping , and that I should certainly break my heart if he refufed at that time to give me his bleffing , and be reconciled to me . was fo far from relenting towards me , that he bid her fpeak no more of me , unless fhe ...
... fpeak to her for weeping , and that I should certainly break my heart if he refufed at that time to give me his bleffing , and be reconciled to me . was fo far from relenting towards me , that he bid her fpeak no more of me , unless fhe ...
الصفحة 108
... fpeak of the way of life , which plain men may pursue , to fill up the fpaces of time with fatisfaction . It is a lamentable circumftance , that wisdom , or , as you call it , philofophy , fhould furnish ideas only for the learn- ed ...
... fpeak of the way of life , which plain men may pursue , to fill up the fpaces of time with fatisfaction . It is a lamentable circumftance , that wisdom , or , as you call it , philofophy , fhould furnish ideas only for the learn- ed ...
الصفحة 177
... fpeak of patrons , do I mean those who either have it not in their power , or have no obligation to affift their friends ; but I fpeak of fuch leagues where there is power and obligation on the one part , and merit and expectation on ...
... fpeak of patrons , do I mean those who either have it not in their power , or have no obligation to affift their friends ; but I fpeak of fuch leagues where there is power and obligation on the one part , and merit and expectation on ...
الصفحة 185
... fpeak to you : I fay , niadam , this fellow here is to know of me myself , ' whether I am at leifure to fee company or not . I am " from this hour mafter of this houfe ; and my business in it , and every where elfe , is to behave myfelf ...
... fpeak to you : I fay , niadam , this fellow here is to know of me myself , ' whether I am at leifure to fee company or not . I am " from this hour mafter of this houfe ; and my business in it , and every where elfe , is to behave myfelf ...
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الصفحة 68 - I would have every zealous man examine his heart thoroughly; and I believe he will often find, that what he calls a zeal for his religion, is either pride, interest, or ill-nature.
الصفحة 183 - ... human figure ; sometimes we see the man appearing distinctly in all his limbs and features, sometimes we find the figure wrought up to a great elegancy, but seldom meet with any to which the hand of a Phidias or Praxiteles could not give several nice touches and finishings.
الصفحة 197 - This was he whom we had sometimes in derision and a proverb of reproach ; We fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without honour : How is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints...
الصفحة 218 - Athenians, with what wonderful art are almost all the different tempers of mankind represented in that elegant audience? You see one credulous of all that is said; another wrapt up in deep suspense; another saying, there is some reason in what he says; another angry that the apostle destroys a favourite opinion which he is unwilling to give up; another wholly convinced, and holding out his hands in rapture; while the generality attend, and wait for the opinion of those who are of leading characters...
الصفحة 207 - A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
الصفحة 41 - If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep...
الصفحة 213 - There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both. The great difference is, that the first knows how to pick and cull his thoughts for conversation, by suppressing some, and communicating others ; whereas the other lets them all indifferently fly out in words.
الصفحة 89 - I have been told of a certain zealous dissenter, who being a great enemy to popery, and believing that bad men are the most fortunate in this world, will lay two to one on the number 666 against any other number, because, says he, it is the number of the beast.
الصفحة 104 - It is said of Diogenes, that meeting a young man who was going to a feast, he took him up in the street and carried him home to his friends, as one who was running into imminent danger, had not he prevented him...
الصفحة 213 - When these have pointed out to us which course we may lawfully steer, it is no harm to set out all our sail; if the storms and tempests of adversity should rise upon us, and not suffer us to make the haven where we would be, it will however prove no small consolation to us in these circumstances, that we have neither mistaken our course, nor fallen into calamities of our own procuring. Religion therefore (were we to...