The Spectator, Volume 8Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 - English essays |
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... never buy , they are ever talking of new silks , laces , and ribbons , and serve the owners in getting them customers , as their common dun- ners do in making them pay . The day of people of fashion began now to break , and carts and ...
... never buy , they are ever talking of new silks , laces , and ribbons , and serve the owners in getting them customers , as their common dun- ners do in making them pay . The day of people of fashion began now to break , and carts and ...
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... of large es- tates ; and could not but behold with great plea sure , property lodged in , and transferred in a moment from , such as would never be masters of ( half as much as is seemingly in them , 18 No. 454 , SPECTATOR .
... of large es- tates ; and could not but behold with great plea sure , property lodged in , and transferred in a moment from , such as would never be masters of ( half as much as is seemingly in them , 18 No. 454 , SPECTATOR .
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... never to be defended by the best advocate in the world , the guilt of being un- fortunate . All that a man in my condition can do or say , will be received with prejudice by the generality of mankind , but I hope not with you : you have ...
... never to be defended by the best advocate in the world , the guilt of being un- fortunate . All that a man in my condition can do or say , will be received with prejudice by the generality of mankind , but I hope not with you : you have ...
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... never saw before in his life ; and , after having looked about to see there was no one that overheard him , has communicated to them in a low voice , and under the seal of secrecy , the death of a great man in the country , who was ...
... never saw before in his life ; and , after having looked about to see there was no one that overheard him , has communicated to them in a low voice , and under the seal of secrecy , the death of a great man in the country , who was ...
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... never omitted by the heathens themselves . English gentlemen , who travel into Roman - catholic countries , are not a little surpris- ed to meet with people of the best quality kneel- ing in their churches , and engaged in their pri ...
... never omitted by the heathens themselves . English gentlemen , who travel into Roman - catholic countries , are not a little surpris- ed to meet with people of the best quality kneel- ing in their churches , and engaged in their pri ...
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Page 73 - 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.
Page 101 - I HAVE SET THE LoRD ALWAYS BEFORE ME : Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Page 14 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ, Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 101 - I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : my flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy ; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 184 - 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.
Page 106 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 147 - WHO shall decide, when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me...
Page 72 - 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...
Page 60 - In counterpoise ; now ponders all events, Battles and realms : in these he put two weights, The sequel each of parting and of fight: The latter quick up flew, and...
Page 106 - And feel thy sovran vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.