The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 5T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811 |
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... happy in his dreams , and misera- ble in his waking thoughts , and that his life was equally divided between them , whether would he be more hap- py or miserable ? Were a man a king in his dreams , and a beggar awake , and dreamt as ...
... happy in his dreams , and misera- ble in his waking thoughts , and that his life was equally divided between them , whether would he be more hap- py or miserable ? Were a man a king in his dreams , and a beggar awake , and dreamt as ...
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... happy state , are like the spies bringing along with them the clusters of grapes , and delicious fruits , that might invite their companions into the pleasant country which produced them . An eminent Pagan writer has made a discourse to ...
... happy state , are like the spies bringing along with them the clusters of grapes , and delicious fruits , that might invite their companions into the pleasant country which produced them . An eminent Pagan writer has made a discourse to ...
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... when they are playing with their puppets , I cannot but flatter myself that their husbands and children will be happy in the possession of such wives and mothers . " If you are a father , you will not 26 No. 500 . SPECTATOR .
... when they are playing with their puppets , I cannot but flatter myself that their husbands and children will be happy in the possession of such wives and mothers . " If you are a father , you will not 26 No. 500 . SPECTATOR .
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... happy an occasion , and being willing , as much as in me lies , to prevent that effusion of nonsense , which we have good cause to apprehend ; I do hereby 2 Without doubt " to subsist , " strictly require every person , who shall write ...
... happy an occasion , and being willing , as much as in me lies , to prevent that effusion of nonsense , which we have good cause to apprehend ; I do hereby 2 Without doubt " to subsist , " strictly require every person , who shall write ...
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... happy and satisfied if we possess ourselves of such and such particular enjoy- ments ; but either by reason of their emptiness , or the natural inquietude of the mind , we have no sooner gain- ed one point but we extend our hopes to ...
... happy and satisfied if we possess ourselves of such and such particular enjoy- ments ; but either by reason of their emptiness , or the natural inquietude of the mind , we have no sooner gain- ed one point but we extend our hopes to ...
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Page 159 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 124 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 364 - Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not, It ought not to be sported with.
Page 11 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 46 - ... lady whom he had made love to the forty last years of his life ; but this only proved a lightning before death. He has bequeathed to this lady, as a token of his love, a great...
Page 13 - My life, if thou preserv'st my life, Thy sacrifice shall be ; And death, if death must be my doom, Shall join my soul to thee.
Page 121 - I considered that infinite host of stars, or, to speak more philosophically, of suns which were then shining upon me, with those innumerable sets of planets or worlds which were moving round their respective suns; when I still enlarged the idea, and supposed another heaven of suns and worlds rising still above this which we discovered, and these still enlightened...
Page 251 - Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
Page 44 - O'erwhelm'd with guilt and fear, I see my Maker face to face ; O how shall I appear ! 2 If yet, while pardon may be found, And mercy may be sought, My heart with inward horror shrinks, And trembles at the thought: 3...
Page 251 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?