The Addisonian miscellany, a selection from the Spectator, Tatler, and Guardian. To which is prefixed, the life of Joseph Addison1801 |
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... greater felicity can genius at- tain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure , feparated mirth from indecency , and wit from licen tioufnefs ; of having taught a fucceffion of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid ...
... greater felicity can genius at- tain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure , feparated mirth from indecency , and wit from licen tioufnefs ; of having taught a fucceffion of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid ...
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... greater numbers than the richest nobleman ; and even the nobleman is obliged to him for finding out foreign markets for the produce of his eftate , and for making a great addition to his rents ; and yet it is certain that none of all ...
... greater numbers than the richest nobleman ; and even the nobleman is obliged to him for finding out foreign markets for the produce of his eftate , and for making a great addition to his rents ; and yet it is certain that none of all ...
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... greater authority . Seneca has written a difcourfe purposely on this fubject , in which he takes pains , af- ter the doctrine of the Stoicks , to fhew that adverfi- ty is not in itself an Evil ; and mentions a noble fay- ing of ...
... greater authority . Seneca has written a difcourfe purposely on this fubject , in which he takes pains , af- ter the doctrine of the Stoicks , to fhew that adverfi- ty is not in itself an Evil ; and mentions a noble fay- ing of ...
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... greater perfection than ever yet was practifed . They are not only inftructed to pronounce words diftinctly , and in a proper tone and accent , but to fpeak the lan- guage with great purity and volubility of tongue ; to gether with all ...
... greater perfection than ever yet was practifed . They are not only inftructed to pronounce words diftinctly , and in a proper tone and accent , but to fpeak the lan- guage with great purity and volubility of tongue ; to gether with all ...
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... greater diftance than ordinary , to fhew her teeth ; her fan was to point at fomewhat at a distance , that in the reach fhe may difcover the roundnefs of her arm ; then the is utter- ly mistaken in what fhe faw , falls back , fmiles at ...
... greater diftance than ordinary , to fhew her teeth ; her fan was to point at fomewhat at a distance , that in the reach fhe may difcover the roundnefs of her arm ; then the is utter- ly mistaken in what fhe faw , falls back , fmiles at ...
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Page 286 - 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 213 - After it a voice roareth; he thundereth with the voice of his excellency: and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
Page 72 - There is not, in my opinion, any thing more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rises above reason, and falls infinitely short of it. It cannot be accounted for by any properties in matter, and at the same time works after so odd a manner, that one cannot think it the faculty of an intellectual being. For my own part, I look upon it as upon the principle of gravitation in bodies, which is not to be explained by any known qualities inherent in the bodies themselves, nor...
Page 141 - And now, when I thought most of peace and honour, thy hand is heavy upon me, and hath humbled me according to thy former loving-kindness, keeping me still in thy fatherly school, not as a bastard, but as a child.
Page 202 - ... it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
Page 304 - ... a human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties, until the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot, and vein, that runs through the body of it. Education, after the same manner, when it works upon a noble mind, draws out to view every latent virtue and perfection, which, without such helps, are never able to make their appearance.
Page 251 - ... and when the current value of them is generally understood, no man is cheated by them. This is something, if such words were any thing; but being brought into the accompt, they are mere cyphers.
Page 141 - Besides my innumerable sins, I confess before thee, that I am debtor to thee for the gracious talent of thy gifts and graces, which I have neither put into a napkin, nor put it, as I ought, to exchangers, where it might have made best profit, but misspent it in things for which I was least fit : so I may truly say, my soul hath been a stranger in the course of my pilgrimage. Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for my Saviour's sake, and receive me into thy bosom, or guide me in thy ways.
Page 161 - ... that in all the visible corporeal world, we see no chasms or gaps. All quite down from us the descent is by easy steps, and a continued series of things, that in each remove differ very little one from the other.
Page 180 - Men of that sort ever taste the gratifications of health, and all other advantages of life, as if they were liable to part with them ; and when bereft of them, resign them with a greatness of mind' which shows they know their value and duration.