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... I shall communicate to my reader , rather as the first sketch and outlines of a vision , thân as a finished piece . I dreamt that I was admitted into a long fpacious galTery , which had one fide covered with pieces of all the famous ...
... I shall communicate to my reader , rather as the first sketch and outlines of a vision , thân as a finished piece . I dreamt that I was admitted into a long fpacious galTery , which had one fide covered with pieces of all the famous ...
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There is even a despicable fimplicity in the verse ; and yet because the sentiments appear genuine and unaffected , they are able to move the mind of the most polite reader with inward meltings of humanity and compassion .
There is even a despicable fimplicity in the verse ; and yet because the sentiments appear genuine and unaffected , they are able to move the mind of the most polite reader with inward meltings of humanity and compassion .
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The condition , speech , and behaviour of the dying parents , with the age , innocence , and distress of the children , are set forth in such tender circumstances , that it is imposible for a reader of common humanity not to be affected ...
The condition , speech , and behaviour of the dying parents , with the age , innocence , and distress of the children , are set forth in such tender circumstances , that it is imposible for a reader of common humanity not to be affected ...
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... great uneasiness to private persons , but has also a very bad influence on the publick , I shall endeavour to thew the folly of demurrage from two or three reflections which I carnestly recommend to the thoughts of my fair readers .
... great uneasiness to private persons , but has also a very bad influence on the publick , I shall endeavour to thew the folly of demurrage from two or three reflections which I carnestly recommend to the thoughts of my fair readers .
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The reader will see it is not foreign to my present subject , and I dare say will think it a lively representation of a person lying under the torments of such a kind of tantalism , or Platcnick hell , as that which we have now under ...
The reader will see it is not foreign to my present subject , and I dare say will think it a lively representation of a person lying under the torments of such a kind of tantalism , or Platcnick hell , as that which we have now under ...
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| Title | The Spectator .. Volume 2 of The Spectator |
| Publisher | Peter Wilson, 1755 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 2 Dec 2020 |
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