The SpectatorRichard Eyres, 1778 - Great Britain |
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... most dangerous day it ever saw , that of the arraignment of its prelates ; and how far the Civil Power , in the late and present reign , has been indebted to your counfels and wisdom . But to enumerate the great advantages which the ...
... most dangerous day it ever saw , that of the arraignment of its prelates ; and how far the Civil Power , in the late and present reign , has been indebted to your counfels and wisdom . But to enumerate the great advantages which the ...
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... most mischievous creatures that can enter into a civil fociety . His fatire will then chiefly upon thofe who ought to be the most exempt from it . Virtue , merit , and every thing that is praifeworthy , will be made the fubject of ...
... most mischievous creatures that can enter into a civil fociety . His fatire will then chiefly upon thofe who ought to be the most exempt from it . Virtue , merit , and every thing that is praifeworthy , will be made the fubject of ...
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... most agreeable manner , Ariftotle confiders ters . The tragi - comedy , which is the product of the English theatre , is one of the most monstrous in- ventions that ever entered into a poet's thoughts . An author might as well think of ...
... most agreeable manner , Ariftotle confiders ters . The tragi - comedy , which is the product of the English theatre , is one of the most monstrous in- ventions that ever entered into a poet's thoughts . An author might as well think of ...
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... most effectual way will be to publish fome of them that are upon impor- tant fubjects ; which I fhall introduce with a let- ter of my own that I writ a fortnight ago to a fra- ternity who thought fit to make me an honora- ry member . To ...
... most effectual way will be to publish fome of them that are upon impor- tant fubjects ; which I fhall introduce with a let- ter of my own that I writ a fortnight ago to a fra- ternity who thought fit to make me an honora- ry member . To ...
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... most innocent adorer may de- face the fhrine with a falutation , and , in the ⚫ literal fenfe of our poets , fnatch and imprint h's balmy kiffes , and devour her melting lips : in fhort , the only taces of the Pictish kind that will ...
... most innocent adorer may de- face the fhrine with a falutation , and , in the ⚫ literal fenfe of our poets , fnatch and imprint h's balmy kiffes , and devour her melting lips : in fhort , the only taces of the Pictish kind that will ...
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