The Beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians: Connected and Digested Under Alphabetical Heads, Volume 2J. Bumstead, 1801 |
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... feveral pre tenfions , the at length gratified her own , by refigning herself to the ardent paffion of Bromius . Bromius was then mafter of many good qualities and a moderate fortune , which was foon after unexpectedly increased to a ...
... feveral pre tenfions , the at length gratified her own , by refigning herself to the ardent paffion of Bromius . Bromius was then mafter of many good qualities and a moderate fortune , which was foon after unexpectedly increased to a ...
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... feveral remarks that we may make upon the English language . As firft of all , by its abounding in monofyllables , gives us an oppor- tunity of delivering our thoughts in few founds . This indeed takes of from the elegance of our tongue ...
... feveral remarks that we may make upon the English language . As firft of all , by its abounding in monofyllables , gives us an oppor- tunity of delivering our thoughts in few founds . This indeed takes of from the elegance of our tongue ...
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... feveral words that are determined in ek , by fubftituting an s in the room of the last fyllable , as in drowns , walks , arrives , and innumerable other words , which in the pro ncia . tion of our forefathers were drowneth , walketh ...
... feveral words that are determined in ek , by fubftituting an s in the room of the last fyllable , as in drowns , walks , arrives , and innumerable other words , which in the pro ncia . tion of our forefathers were drowneth , walketh ...
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... feveral particles which must be produced in other tongues to make a fentence intelli- gible . This often perplexes the beft writers , when they find the relatives whom , which , or they , at their mercy , whether they may have admiffion ...
... feveral particles which must be produced in other tongues to make a fentence intelli- gible . This often perplexes the beft writers , when they find the relatives whom , which , or they , at their mercy , whether they may have admiffion ...
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... feveral defiles , in one of which they met with a party of French that had been marauding , and made them all prifoners at difcretion . The day after a drum arrived at our camp , with a message which he would communicate to none but the ...
... feveral defiles , in one of which they met with a party of French that had been marauding , and made them all prifoners at difcretion . The day after a drum arrived at our camp , with a message which he would communicate to none but the ...
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actions anfwer arifes beauty becauſe befides cafe confequence confider confideration confifts converfation defign defire difcourfe difcovered divine endeavour eternity exiftence exprefs eyes faculties faid fame fatire fatisfaction fecret feems felf fenfe fenfible fent feve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft fome fomething fometimes foon foul fpeak fpirit ftand ftate ftill ftory ftrength fubject fuch fuffer fuperior fure give good-nature greateſt happineſs happy hath heart himſelf honour human humour huſband imagination impoffible inftances itſelf juft kind laft lefs live loft look mankind mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferve occafion ourſelves paffage paffions pafs perfection perfon pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent preferve raiſed reafon reft reprefented Rhadamanthus ſpeak SPECTATOR TATLER thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion underſtanding uſeful virtue whofe wife wiſdom words
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Page 32 - I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. 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...
Page 233 - And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
Page 146 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Page 218 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Page 122 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?
Page 232 - Lord, my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father; and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
Page 338 - Dutch, whom we are apt to despise for want of genius, show an infinitely greater taste of antiquity and politeness in their buildings and works of this nature, than what we meet with in those of our own country.
Page 34 - 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. The islands...
Page 219 - ... uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules: within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married.
Page 35 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.