The Spectator, Nide 9Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 |
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Sivu 15
... talk in an humbler strain than your predecessors have done , and instead of presuming to be happy , instruct us only to be easy . The thoughts of him who would be dis- creet , and aim at practicable things , should turn upon allaying ...
... talk in an humbler strain than your predecessors have done , and instead of presuming to be happy , instruct us only to be easy . The thoughts of him who would be dis- creet , and aim at practicable things , should turn upon allaying ...
Sivu 16
... talking of tranquil- lity , he possesses it . What I would by these broken expressions re- commend to you , Mr. Spectator , is , that you would speak of the way of life which plain men may pursue , to fill up the spaces of time with sa ...
... talking of tranquil- lity , he possesses it . What I would by these broken expressions re- commend to you , Mr. Spectator , is , that you would speak of the way of life which plain men may pursue , to fill up the spaces of time with sa ...
Sivu 20
... talk how zealously they could defend a cause in court , and therefore fre- quently forget to keep that temper which is abso- lutely requisite to render conversation pleasant and instructive . Captain Sentry pushes this matter so far ...
... talk how zealously they could defend a cause in court , and therefore fre- quently forget to keep that temper which is abso- lutely requisite to render conversation pleasant and instructive . Captain Sentry pushes this matter so far ...
Sivu 25
... talks to be in breeches or petticoats . She admits a male visitant to her bed - side , plays with him a whole afternoon at picquet , walks with him two or three hours by moon - light , and is ex- tremely scandalized at the ...
... talks to be in breeches or petticoats . She admits a male visitant to her bed - side , plays with him a whole afternoon at picquet , walks with him two or three hours by moon - light , and is ex- tremely scandalized at the ...
Sivu 26
... talks of love with caution trust him ; But if he swears , he'll certainly deceive thee . I might very much enlarge upon this subject , but shall conclude it with a story which I lately heard from one of our Spanish officers , * and ...
... talks of love with caution trust him ; But if he swears , he'll certainly deceive thee . I might very much enlarge upon this subject , but shall conclude it with a story which I lately heard from one of our Spanish officers , * and ...
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Acarnania acquaintance actions admirable agreeable Alcibiades Ambrose Philips ancient appear Aristotle beautiful behaviour Catullus characters circumstances consider conversation creature desire discourse discretion endeavour evil father favour female gentleman give happiness heart honour Hudibras human humble servant humour husband imagination indifferent Ionian Sea Julius Cæsar kind labour lady letters Leucate Licinius live look lover Lover's Leap mankind manner matter means merit mind modesty nature never nihil NOVEMBER NOVEMBER 26 oblige observed occasion October 30 OVID paper particular passion Penmain person pleased pleasure Plutarch poet pray present promontory proper racters reader reason received renegado ridicule Sappho sense shew short Socrates sometimes soul speak SPECTATOR speculation spirit talk tell temper ther thing thought tion town translation trunk-maker turn verses VIRG virtue whole wife woman word write young
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Sivu 268 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Sivu 267 - Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first represents mean persons in the accoutrements of heroes, the other describes great persons acting and speaking like the basest among the people.
Sivu 156 - There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them. \\ ithout it, learning is pedantry...
Sivu 285 - I am sorry to find that an author, who is very justly esteemed among the best judges, has admitted some strokes of this nature into a very fine poem ; I mean the Art of Criticism *, which was published some months since, and is a master-piece in its kind. The observations follow one another like those in Horace's Art of Poetry, without that methodical regularity which would have been requisite in a prose author.
Sivu 266 - The talent of turning men into ridicule, and exposing to laughter those one converses with, is the qualification of little ungenerous tempers. A young man with this cast of mind cuts himself off from all manner of improvement. Every one has his flaws and weaknesses ; nay, the greatest blemishes are often found in the most shining characters ; but what an absurd thing is it to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities ? to observe his imperfections more than...
Sivu 268 - Jest, and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides: Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee In unreprove'd pleasures free...
Sivu 100 - Intention, we shall find that it destroys the Merit of a Good Action; abates, but never takes away, the 'Malignity of an Evil Action ; and leaves an Indifferent Action in its natural state of Indifference. It is therefore of unspeakable Advantage to possess our Minds with an habitual Good Intention, and to aim all our Thoughts, Words and Actions at some laudable End, whether it be the Glory of our Maker, the Good of Mankind, or the Benefit of our own Souls.
Sivu 224 - A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint, will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding; it dissipates every doubt and scruple in an instant ; accommodates itself to the meanest capacities ; silences the loud and clamorous, and brings over the most: obstinate and inflexible.
Sivu 110 - ... the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter and removes the rubbish. The figure is in the stone, the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to an human soul.