The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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Sivu 93
... Sir Roger's company complains he is out of order , he immedi- ately calls for some posset - drink for him ; for which reason that sort of people , who are ever bewailing N ° 100 . 93 SPECTATOR .
... Sir Roger's company complains he is out of order , he immedi- ately calls for some posset - drink for him ; for which reason that sort of people , who are ever bewailing N ° 100 . 93 SPECTATOR .
Sivu 100
... Sir Roger De Coverley , a whimsical country knight , and a Templar , whose name he has not transmitted to us . He lived as a lodger at the house of a widow- woman , and was a great humourist in all parts of his life . This is all we can ...
... Sir Roger De Coverley , a whimsical country knight , and a Templar , whose name he has not transmitted to us . He lived as a lodger at the house of a widow- woman , and was a great humourist in all parts of his life . This is all we can ...
Sivu 117
... Sir Roger de Coverley to pass away a month with him in the country , I last week accompanied him thither , and am settled with him for some time at his country - house , where I intend to form several of my ensuing speculations . Sir ...
... Sir Roger de Coverley to pass away a month with him in the country , I last week accompanied him thither , and am settled with him for some time at his country - house , where I intend to form several of my ensuing speculations . Sir ...
Sivu 118
... Sir Roger's family be- cause it consists of sober and staid persons ; for as the knight is the best master in the world , he sel- dom changes his servants ; and as he is beloved by all about him , his servants never care for leaving him ...
... Sir Roger's family be- cause it consists of sober and staid persons ; for as the knight is the best master in the world , he sel- dom changes his servants ; and as he is beloved by all about him , his servants never care for leaving him ...
Sivu 119
... Sir Roger is diverting himself in the woods or the fields , is a very vene- rable man who is ever with Sir Roger , and has lived at his house in the nature of a chaplain above thirty years . This gentleman is a person of good sense and ...
... Sir Roger is diverting himself in the woods or the fields , is a very vene- rable man who is ever with Sir Roger , and has lived at his house in the nature of a chaplain above thirty years . This gentleman is a person of good sense and ...
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Sivu 360 - ... human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge.
Sivu 357 - What thou seest, said he, is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now, said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide.
Sivu 356 - I ascended the high hills of 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.
Sivu 120 - At his first settling with me, I made him a present of all the good sermons which have been printed in English, and only begged of him that every Sunday he would pronounce one of them in the pulpit. Accordingly he has digested them into such a series, that they follow one another naturally, and make a continued system of practical divinity.
Sivu 120 - I have taken notice of it, has never in all that time asked anything of me for himself, though he is every day soliciting me for something in behalf of one or other of my tenants his parishioners. There has not been a law-suit in the parish since he has lived among them ; if any dispute arises, they apply themselves to him for the decision ; if they do not acquiesce in his judgment, which I think never happened above once or twice at most, they appeal to me.
Sivu 161 - So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Sivu 357 - He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock, and placing me on the top of it, ' Cast thy eyes eastward,' said he, 'and tell me what thou seest.' 'I See,' said I, ' a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it.
Sivu 192 - ... could not forbear discovering greater expressions of mirth than ordinary upon the appearance of this monstrous face, under which, notwithstanding it was made to frown and stare in a most extraordinary manner, I could still discover a distant resemblance of my old friend. Sir Roger, upon seeing me laugh/ desired me to tell him truly if I thought it possible for people to know him in that disguise. I at first kept my usual silence; but upon the knight's conjuring me to tell him whether it was not...
Sivu 358 - 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 further examination perceived there were innumerable trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers no sooner trod upon but they fell through them into the tide and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud hut many of...
Sivu 143 - He has often told me, that at his coming to his estate he found his parishioners very irregular; and that in order to make them kneel, and join in the responses, he gave every one of them a hassock and a Common Prayer Book : and at the same time employed an itinerant...