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Page 14
... gave occasion to Mr. DRYDEN'S reflection , that the Devil was in reality MIL- TON'S Hero . I think I have obviated this objection in my first paper . The Paradise Lost is an Epic or a nar- rative Poem , and he that looks for an hero in ...
... gave occasion to Mr. DRYDEN'S reflection , that the Devil was in reality MIL- TON'S Hero . I think I have obviated this objection in my first paper . The Paradise Lost is an Epic or a nar- rative Poem , and he that looks for an hero in ...
Page 20
... gave that too free , that looser part of our sex which spoils the men ; the same connivance at the vices , the same easy admittance of addresses , the same vitiated relish of the conversation of the greatest rakes ( or in a more fashion ...
... gave that too free , that looser part of our sex which spoils the men ; the same connivance at the vices , the same easy admittance of addresses , the same vitiated relish of the conversation of the greatest rakes ( or in a more fashion ...
Page 22
... gave him to understand that was his audience of leave . I am reckoned pretty , and have had very many ad- vances besides these ; but have been very averse to hear any of them , from my observation on these above - men- tioned , until I ...
... gave him to understand that was his audience of leave . I am reckoned pretty , and have had very many ad- vances besides these ; but have been very averse to hear any of them , from my observation on these above - men- tioned , until I ...
Page 32
... gave me reason to flatter myself to think I was ; Sir , this is certainly a great fault , and I asssure you a very common one ; therefore I hope you will think it a fit subject for some part of a Spectator . Be pleased to acquaint us ...
... gave me reason to flatter myself to think I was ; Sir , this is certainly a great fault , and I asssure you a very common one ; therefore I hope you will think it a fit subject for some part of a Spectator . Be pleased to acquaint us ...
Page 35
... gave her opportunities of playing the tyrant . She then con- tracted that awful cast of the eye and forbidding frown , which she has not yet laid aside , and has still all the in- solence of beauty without its charms . If she now at ...
... gave her opportunities of playing the tyrant . She then con- tracted that awful cast of the eye and forbidding frown , which she has not yet laid aside , and has still all the in- solence of beauty without its charms . If she now at ...
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