Essays and TalesCassell, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... thought , himself free to strike ; but Addison took occasion to express , through Steele , a serious regret that he had done so . True criticism Inay be affected , as Addison's was , by some bias in the canons of taste prevalent in the ...
... thought , himself free to strike ; but Addison took occasion to express , through Steele , a serious regret that he had done so . True criticism Inay be affected , as Addison's was , by some bias in the canons of taste prevalent in the ...
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... thought of her with any thought that looks 66 at others ' blame . " So Addison felt towards his mother Nature , in literature and in life . He attacked nobody . With a light , kindly humour , that was never personal and never could give ...
... thought of her with any thought that looks 66 at others ' blame . " So Addison felt towards his mother Nature , in literature and in life . He attacked nobody . With a light , kindly humour , that was never personal and never could give ...
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... thoughts , they dream them o'er at night . CREECH . IN one of my rambles , or rather speculations , I looked into the great hall where the bank is kept , and was not a little pleased to see the directors , secretaries , and clerks ...
... thoughts , they dream them o'er at night . CREECH . IN one of my rambles , or rather speculations , I looked into the great hall where the bank is kept , and was not a little pleased to see the directors , secretaries , and clerks ...
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... thought , which a man often meets with in a dream , methoughts the hall was alarmed , the doors flew open , and there entered half a dozen of the most hideous phantoms that I had ever seen , even in a dream , before that time . They ...
... thought , which a man often meets with in a dream , methoughts the hall was alarmed , the doors flew open , and there entered half a dozen of the most hideous phantoms that I had ever seen , even in a dream , before that time . They ...
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... thought . A screech - owl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers ; nay , the voice of a cricket hath struck more terror than the roaring of a lion . There is nothing so inconsiderable which may not appear dreadful ...
... thought . A screech - owl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers ; nay , the voice of a cricket hath struck more terror than the roaring of a lion . There is nothing so inconsiderable which may not appear dreadful ...
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Page 155 - ... insomuch that I could discover nothing in it ; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habits, with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and...
Page 152 - But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. 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 154 - I here fetched a deep sigh; Alas, said I, man was made in vain! How is he given away to misery and mortality! tortured in life, and swallowed up in death! The Genius, being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect; Look no more...
Page 155 - These are the mansions of good men after death, who, according to the degree and kinds of virtue in which they excelled, are distributed among these several islands, which abound with pleasures of different kinds and degrees, suitable to the relishes and perfections of those who are settled in them ; every island is a paradise accommodated to its respective inhabitants. Are not these...
Page 152 - ... is the vale of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other? 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 thus bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me...
Page 181 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Page 191 - Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 153 - I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. " The genius, seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. 'Take thine eyes off the bridge,' said he, 'and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend.' Upon looking up, 'What...
Page 112 - With that, there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart, A deep and deadly blow ; Who never spake more words than these, " Fight on, my merry men all ; For why, my life is at an end, Lord Percy sees my fall.
Page 154 - Look no more, said he, on Man in the first Stage of his Existence, in his setting out for Eternity; but cast thine Eye on that thick Mist into which the Tide bears the several Generations of Mortals that fall into it.