The Spectator, Volume 7Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 - English essays |
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... Nature's Gifts .. UNKNOWN . 405. On the improvement of Sacred Music .... ADDISON . 406. Letters on the Joys and Satisfactions of private life - Translation of a Lapland Song ...... 407. Character of English Oratory - Use of pro per ...
... Nature's Gifts .. UNKNOWN . 405. On the improvement of Sacred Music .... ADDISON . 406. Letters on the Joys and Satisfactions of private life - Translation of a Lapland Song ...... 407. Character of English Oratory - Use of pro per ...
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... nature ; it does not throw the mind into a condition improper for the present state of humanity , and is very conspicuous in the characters of those who are looked upon as the greatest philosophers ' among the heathens , as well as ...
... nature ; it does not throw the mind into a condition improper for the present state of humanity , and is very conspicuous in the characters of those who are looked upon as the greatest philosophers ' among the heathens , as well as ...
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... nature in the prospect of non - existence , that I cannot but wonder , with many excellent writers , how it is possible for a man to outlive the expectation of it . For my own part , I think the being of a God is so little to be doubted ...
... nature in the prospect of non - existence , that I cannot but wonder , with many excellent writers , how it is possible for a man to outlive the expectation of it . For my own part , I think the being of a God is so little to be doubted ...
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... nature , and of that Being on whom he has a dependence . If he looks into himself , he cannot but rejoice in that existence which is so lately bestowed upon him , and which after millions of ages , will be still new , and still in its ...
... nature , and of that Being on whom he has a dependence . If he looks into himself , he cannot but rejoice in that existence which is so lately bestowed upon him , and which after millions of ages , will be still new , and still in its ...
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... nature , and discretion , so that every man enjoys himself in his company ; and though Acasto contributes nothing to the en- tertainment , he never was at a place where he was not welcome a second time . Without the subordinate good ...
... nature , and discretion , so that every man enjoys himself in his company ; and though Acasto contributes nothing to the en- tertainment , he never was at a place where he was not welcome a second time . Without the subordinate good ...
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Page 275 - THE 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 137 - He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession.
Page 161 - Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof. It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it.
Page 153 - If the Products of Nature rise in Value, according as they more or less resemble those of Art, we may be sure that artificial Works receive a greater Advantage from their Resemblance of such as are natural ; because here the Similitude is not only pleasant, but the Pattern more perfect.
Page 136 - Sense which furnishes the Imagination with its Ideas; so that by the Pleasures of the Imagination or Fancy (which I shall use promiscuously) I here mean such as arise from visible Objects, either when we have them actually in our View, or when we call up their Ideas into our Minds by Paintings, Statues, Descriptions, or any the like Occasion...
Page 200 - Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off...
Page 138 - Delightful scenes, whether in nature, painting, or poetry, have a kindly influence on the body, as well as the mind, and not only serve to clear and brighten the imagination, but are able to disperse grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions.
Page 264 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Page 200 - Softly on my eyelids laid ; And, as I wake, sweet music breathe Above, about, or underneath, Sent by some spirit to mortals good, Or the unseen Genius of the wood.
Page 148 - In short, our souls are at present delightfully lost and bewildered in a pleasing delusion, and we walk about like the enchanted hero of a romance, who sees beautiful castles, woods, and meadows, and, at the same time, hears the warbling of birds and the purling of streams; but upon the finishing of some secret spell the fantastic scene breaks up, and the disconsolate knight finds himself on a barren heath or in a solitary desert.