The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 25
... measure reduced to our own rank , who had fo far raised him felf above us in the reports and opinions of mankind . Thus we fee how many dark and intricate motives there are to detraction and defamation , and how many malicious spies are ...
... measure reduced to our own rank , who had fo far raised him felf above us in the reports and opinions of mankind . Thus we fee how many dark and intricate motives there are to detraction and defamation , and how many malicious spies are ...
Page 49
... measures with me fo far , as to give me a pretence for examining their performances with an impartial eye : Nor fhall I look upon it as any breach of charity to cri- ticife the author , fo long as I keep clear of the perfon . In the ...
... measures with me fo far , as to give me a pretence for examining their performances with an impartial eye : Nor fhall I look upon it as any breach of charity to cri- ticife the author , fo long as I keep clear of the perfon . In the ...
Page 61
... measure reduced that part of the human figure to the beautiful globular form , which is natural to it . We have for a great while expected what kind of ornament would be fubftituted in the place of those antiquated commodes . But our ...
... measure reduced that part of the human figure to the beautiful globular form , which is natural to it . We have for a great while expected what kind of ornament would be fubftituted in the place of those antiquated commodes . But our ...
Page 68
... measure to the very nature of an epic poem . Some have been of opinion , that the Æneid alfo labours in this particular , and has epifodes which may be looked upon as excrefcencies rather than as parts of the action . On the contrary ...
... measure to the very nature of an epic poem . Some have been of opinion , that the Æneid alfo labours in this particular , and has epifodes which may be looked upon as excrefcencies rather than as parts of the action . On the contrary ...
Page 70
... measure of this kind of magnitude , he explains by the following fimilitude . An animal , no bigger than a mite , cannot appear perfect to the eye , because the fight takes it in at once , and has only a confused idea of the whole , and ...
... measure of this kind of magnitude , he explains by the following fimilitude . An animal , no bigger than a mite , cannot appear perfect to the eye , because the fight takes it in at once , and has only a confused idea of the whole , and ...
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action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo anſwer beauty becauſe befides behaviour character circumftances confideration converfation criticks defcribed defign defire difcourfe diſcover drefs Enville fable faid falutation fame fecond feems feen fenfe fent fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide filks fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpeech fpirit ftill fubject fuch fufficient give greateſt happineſs herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe humble fervant huſband ibid Iliad infert itſelf kind Lady laft laſt lefs Loft look mankind manner marriage meaſure Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion ourſelves Ovid paffage paffed paffion Paradife particular perfon pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poffible prefent publick racter raiſe reader reafon reprefented ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion uſe Virgil virtue whofe woman