The SpectatorRichard Eyres, 1778 - Great Britain |
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Page 7
... different nations , and raised by two magicians of different sexes . Armida ( as we are told in the argument ) was an Amazonian enchantrefs , and poor Signior Caffani ( as we learn from the per- fons reprefented ) a Chriftian - conjurer ...
... different nations , and raised by two magicians of different sexes . Armida ( as we are told in the argument ) was an Amazonian enchantrefs , and poor Signior Caffani ( as we learn from the per- fons reprefented ) a Chriftian - conjurer ...
Page 24
... different manner according to the different foils wherein fuch fubjects of thefe dominions , as are masters of it , were born . Impudence in an Englishman is fullen and infolent ; in a Scotchman it is un- tractable and rapacious ; in an ...
... different manner according to the different foils wherein fuch fubjects of thefe dominions , as are masters of it , were born . Impudence in an Englishman is fullen and infolent ; in a Scotchman it is un- tractable and rapacious ; in an ...
Page 34
... different from that of every other peo- ple ; as we may fee even in the Welch and Scotch , who border fo near upon us . By the tone or ac- cent , I do not mean the pronunciation of each par- ticular word , but the found of the whole ...
... different from that of every other peo- ple ; as we may fee even in the Welch and Scotch , who border fo near upon us . By the tone or ac- cent , I do not mean the pronunciation of each par- ticular word , but the found of the whole ...
Page 40
... different ways of life , and deputed as it were out of the moft confpicuous claffes of man- kind ; by this means I am furnished with the greateft variety of hints and materials , and know every thing that paffes in the different ...
... different ways of life , and deputed as it were out of the moft confpicuous claffes of man- kind ; by this means I am furnished with the greateft variety of hints and materials , and know every thing that paffes in the different ...
Page 41
... different difpofi- tions , is very various and unequal in his temper ; fometimes you fee him putting on grave looks and a folemn habit , fometimes airy in his behaviour and fantaftic in his drefs ; infomuch that at dif ferent times he ...
... different difpofi- tions , is very various and unequal in his temper ; fometimes you fee him putting on grave looks and a folemn habit , fometimes airy in his behaviour and fantaftic in his drefs ; infomuch that at dif ferent times he ...
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