The British Essayists;: SpectatorJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 31
עמוד 65
... less surprising on the person of Mariamne when she dances . Chloe is extremely pretty , and as silly as she is , pretty . This idiot has a very good ear , and a most agreeable shape ; but the folly of the thing is such , that it smiles ...
... less surprising on the person of Mariamne when she dances . Chloe is extremely pretty , and as silly as she is , pretty . This idiot has a very good ear , and a most agreeable shape ; but the folly of the thing is such , that it smiles ...
עמוד 68
... less frequent , whe- ther it be that there are indeed fewer originals of this kind to copy after , or that , through the malignity of our nature , we rather delight in the ridicule than the virtues we find in others . However , it is ...
... less frequent , whe- ther it be that there are indeed fewer originals of this kind to copy after , or that , through the malignity of our nature , we rather delight in the ridicule than the virtues we find in others . However , it is ...
עמוד 69
Alexander Chalmers. his private domestic employments he is no less glo- rious than in his public ; for it is in reality a more dif- ficult task to be conspicuous in a sedentary inactive life , than in one that is spent in hurry and ...
Alexander Chalmers. his private domestic employments he is no less glo- rious than in his public ; for it is in reality a more dif- ficult task to be conspicuous in a sedentary inactive life , than in one that is spent in hurry and ...
עמוד 73
... less skilful in the knowledge of beauty ; and , I dare say , there is no one who knew him well , but can repeat more well - turned compliments , as well as smart re- partees of Mr. Eastcourt's , than of any other man in England . This ...
... less skilful in the knowledge of beauty ; and , I dare say , there is no one who knew him well , but can repeat more well - turned compliments , as well as smart re- partees of Mr. Eastcourt's , than of any other man in England . This ...
עמוד 94
... less than four years . Many have received sight by his means who came blind from their mother's womb , as in the famous instance of Jones of New- ington * . I myself have been cured by him of a weakness in my eyes next to blindness ...
... less than four years . Many have received sight by his means who came blind from their mother's womb , as in the famous instance of Jones of New- ington * . I myself have been cured by him of a weakness in my eyes next to blindness ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
acquainted agreeable appear beauty consider conversation countenance daugh delight desire Dictamnus discourse divine dreams dress duke of Bavaria duke of Burgundy Eastcourt entertained epigram excellent eyes faith favour folly fortune gentleman give greatest hand happy head heard heart honest honour hope human humble servant humour husband imagination kind lady learning letter live look mankind manner marriage married matter ment merit mind mirth modesty Mohair nature never obliged observed occasion pain paper particular pass passion person Pharamond pleased pleasure Plutarch Plutus pretty racter reason Rechteren reflexion religion Rhynsault Salic law Samson Agonistes satisfaction Sebastian of Portugal seems sense SEPT sir Robert Viner sorrow soul SPECTATOR tell temper thing thou thought tion told town Tunbridge VIRG virtue whole wife woman women word write young
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 60 - 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 ; 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.
עמוד 171 - Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, And HE bringeth them out of their distresses. HE maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet ; So HE bringeth them unto their desired haven.
עמוד 60 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball ; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found ; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
עמוד 60 - There is neither speech nor language : but their voices are heard among them. Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the world.
עמוד 171 - 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. For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
עמוד 53 - Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
עמוד 88 - I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
עמוד 48 - Satan, I know thy strength, and thou know'st mine: Neither our own but...
עמוד 2 - If gratitude, when exerted towards one another, naturally produces a very pleasing sensation in the mind of a grateful man, it exalts the soul into rapture, when it is employed on this great object of gratitude ; on this beneficent Being, who has given us every thing we already possess, and from whom we expect every thing we yet hope for.
עמוד 59 - The Supreme Being has made the best arguments for his own existence, in the formation of the heavens and the earth, and these are arguments which a man of sense cannot forbear attending to, who is out of the noise and hurry of human affairs.