The Spectator, Volume 3J. Sharpe, 1808 |
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... VIRG . Ecl . vii . ver . 69 . These rhymes I did to memory commend , When vanquish'd Thyrsis did in vain contend . DRYDEN . THERE is scarce any thing more common than ani- mosities between parties that cannot subsist but by their ...
... VIRG . Ecl . vii . ver . 69 . These rhymes I did to memory commend , When vanquish'd Thyrsis did in vain contend . DRYDEN . THERE is scarce any thing more common than ani- mosities between parties that cannot subsist but by their ...
Page 51
... VIRG . En . ii . ver . 145 . Mov'd by these tears , we pity and protect . I AM more pleased with a letter that is filled with touches of nature than of wit . The following one is of this kind : C SIR , AMONG all the distresses which ...
... VIRG . En . ii . ver . 145 . Mov'd by these tears , we pity and protect . I AM more pleased with a letter that is filled with touches of nature than of wit . The following one is of this kind : C SIR , AMONG all the distresses which ...
Page 67
... VIRG . Æn . i . ver . 15 . And dwells such fury in celestial breasts ? THERE HERE is nothing in which men more deceive themselves than in what the world calls zeal . There are so many passions which hide themselves under it , and so ...
... VIRG . Æn . i . ver . 15 . And dwells such fury in celestial breasts ? THERE HERE is nothing in which men more deceive themselves than in what the world calls zeal . There are so many passions which hide themselves under it , and so ...
Page 83
... VIRG . Æn . x . ver . 824 . An image of paternal tenderness ! HE following letter being written to my book- seller , upon a subject of which I treated some time since , I shall publish it in this paper , together with the letter that ...
... VIRG . Æn . x . ver . 824 . An image of paternal tenderness ! HE following letter being written to my book- seller , upon a subject of which I treated some time since , I shall publish it in this paper , together with the letter that ...
Page 99
... VIRG . Georg . ii . ver . 461 . His lordship's palace , from its stately doors , A flood of levee - hunting mortals pours . WHEN we look round us , and behold the strange variety of faces and persons which fill the streets with business ...
... VIRG . Georg . ii . ver . 461 . His lordship's palace , from its stately doors , A flood of levee - hunting mortals pours . WHEN we look round us , and behold the strange variety of faces and persons which fill the streets with business ...
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