The Spectator, Volumen3W. Wilson, 1778 |
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... virtue , good - breeding , & c . On abfence in love 239 240 241 On ill - manners . An affecting scene of diftrefs , & c . 242 On virtue 243 On painting 244 On the knowledge of the world On the nurfing of children 246 | On laughter 245 ...
... virtue , good - breeding , & c . On abfence in love 239 240 241 On ill - manners . An affecting scene of diftrefs , & c . 242 On virtue 243 On painting 244 On the knowledge of the world On the nurfing of children 246 | On laughter 245 ...
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... virtue . This is to change fides for a while with the jealous man , and to turn his own paffion upon himfelf ; to take fome occafion of growing jealous of him , and to follow the example he himself hath fet you . This counterfeited ...
... virtue . This is to change fides for a while with the jealous man , and to turn his own paffion upon himfelf ; to take fome occafion of growing jealous of him , and to follow the example he himself hath fet you . This counterfeited ...
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... virtue , or governed by the rules of honour . We ought to abstract our minds from the obfervation of any excellence in those we converfe with , until we have taken fome notice , or received fome good information of the difpofition of ...
... virtue , or governed by the rules of honour . We ought to abstract our minds from the obfervation of any excellence in those we converfe with , until we have taken fome notice , or received fome good information of the difpofition of ...
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... virtue by which it was acquired . When a man is thoroughly perfuaded that he ought neither to admire , wish for , or purfue any thing but what is exactly his duty , it is not in the power of feafons , perfons or accidents , to diminish ...
... virtue by which it was acquired . When a man is thoroughly perfuaded that he ought neither to admire , wish for , or purfue any thing but what is exactly his duty , it is not in the power of feafons , perfons or accidents , to diminish ...
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... virtues of the merchant , how much is his punctual dealing below a gentleman's charity to the poor , or hospitality among his neighbours ? Captain SENTRY obferved fir ANDREW very diligent in hearing fir ROGER , and had a mind to turn ...
... virtues of the merchant , how much is his punctual dealing below a gentleman's charity to the poor , or hospitality among his neighbours ? Captain SENTRY obferved fir ANDREW very diligent in hearing fir ROGER , and had a mind to turn ...
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Página 68 - I would have every zealous man examine his heart thoroughly; and I believe he will often find, that what he calls a zeal for his religion, is either pride, interest, or ill-nature.
Página 183 - ... human figure ; sometimes we see the man appearing distinctly in all his limbs and features, sometimes we find the figure wrought up to a great elegancy, but seldom meet with any to which the hand of a Phidias or Praxiteles could not give several nice touches and finishings.
Página 197 - This was he whom we had sometimes in derision and a proverb of reproach ; We fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without honour : How is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints...
Página 218 - Athenians, with what wonderful art are almost all the different tempers of mankind represented in that elegant audience? You see one credulous of all that is said; another wrapt up in deep suspense; another saying, there is some reason in what he says; another angry that the apostle destroys a favourite opinion which he is unwilling to give up; another wholly convinced, and holding out his hands in rapture; while the generality attend, and wait for the opinion of those who are of leading characters...
Página 207 - A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Página 41 - If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep...
Página 213 - There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both. The great difference is, that the first knows how to pick and cull his thoughts for conversation, by suppressing some, and communicating others ; whereas the other lets them all indifferently fly out in words.
Página 89 - I have been told of a certain zealous dissenter, who being a great enemy to popery, and believing that bad men are the most fortunate in this world, will lay two to one on the number 666 against any other number, because, says he, it is the number of the beast.
Página 104 - It is said of Diogenes, that meeting a young man who was going to a feast, he took him up in the street and carried him home to his friends, as one who was running into imminent danger, had not he prevented him...
Página 213 - When these have pointed out to us which course we may lawfully steer, it is no harm to set out all our sail; if the storms and tempests of adversity should rise upon us, and not suffer us to make the haven where we would be, it will however prove no small consolation to us in these circumstances, that we have neither mistaken our course, nor fallen into calamities of our own procuring. Religion therefore (were we to...