The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory Notes ...Bosworth, 1855 |
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... heard wonders of him in Essex . I , who always wanted faith in matters of that kind , was not easily prevailed on to go ; but , lest they should take it ill , I went with them ; when , to my surprise , Mr. Campbell related all their ...
... heard wonders of him in Essex . I , who always wanted faith in matters of that kind , was not easily prevailed on to go ; but , lest they should take it ill , I went with them ; when , to my surprise , Mr. Campbell related all their ...
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... heard this account of it , would think this circular mount was not only a real one , but that it had been actually scooped out of that hollow space which I have before mentioned . I never yet met with any one , who has walked in this ...
... heard this account of it , would think this circular mount was not only a real one , but that it had been actually scooped out of that hollow space which I have before mentioned . I never yet met with any one , who has walked in this ...
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... heard with attention , till he has betrayed himself ; whereas a man of sense , appearing with a dress of negligence , shall be but coldly received , till he be proved by time , and established in a cha- racter . Such things as these we ...
... heard with attention , till he has betrayed himself ; whereas a man of sense , appearing with a dress of negligence , shall be but coldly received , till he be proved by time , and established in a cha- racter . Such things as these we ...
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... heard many other notable sayings of their heir , which would have given very little entertainment to one less turned to reflection than I was : but it was a pleasing speculation to remark on the happiness of a life , in which things of ...
... heard many other notable sayings of their heir , which would have given very little entertainment to one less turned to reflection than I was : but it was a pleasing speculation to remark on the happiness of a life , in which things of ...
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... heard it , until a little warm fellow , who had declared himself a friend to the house of Austria , fell most unmercifully upon his Gallic majesty , as en- couraging his subjects to make mouths at their betters , and after- wards ...
... heard it , until a little warm fellow , who had declared himself a friend to the house of Austria , fell most unmercifully upon his Gallic majesty , as en- couraging his subjects to make mouths at their betters , and after- wards ...
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Page 199 - No more ; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep : perchance to dream : ay, there's the rub ; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause...
Page 436 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Page 437 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 313 - Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not ; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
Page 199 - To be, or not to be ! that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The stings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them.
Page 198 - Farewell ! a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him . The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 256 - The heap was at last distributed among the two sexes, who made a most piteous sight, as they wandered up and down under the pressure of their several burdens. The whole plain was filled with murmurs and complaints, groans, and lamentations.
Page 44 - HOW are thy servants blest, O Lord, How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, omnipotence.
Page 125 - ... and you know he used to take great delight in it. From that time forward he grew worse and worse, but still kept a good heart to the last. Indeed we were once in great hope of his recovery, upon a kind message that was sent him...
Page 314 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.