The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... admire . For this reafon I think there is nothing in the world fo tirefore as the works of thofe criticks who write in a pofitive dogmatick way , without either language , genius , or imagination . If the reader would fee how the best ...
... admire . For this reafon I think there is nothing in the world fo tirefore as the works of thofe criticks who write in a pofitive dogmatick way , without either language , genius , or imagination . If the reader would fee how the best ...
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... admired in an ancient poet . The reader may obferve the following lines in the fame view . A needlefs Alexandrine ends the song , That like a wounded snake drags its flow length along .. And afterwards , ' Tis not enough no harshness ...
... admired in an ancient poet . The reader may obferve the following lines in the fame view . A needlefs Alexandrine ends the song , That like a wounded snake drags its flow length along .. And afterwards , ' Tis not enough no harshness ...
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... admiration of the world , and to distinguish themselves from the rest of mankind ? Providence for the most part fets us upon a level , and obferves a kind of proportion in its difpenfa- tions towards us . If it renders us perfect in one ...
... admiration of the world , and to distinguish themselves from the rest of mankind ? Providence for the most part fets us upon a level , and obferves a kind of proportion in its difpenfa- tions towards us . If it renders us perfect in one ...
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... admiration of a famous man leffens upon our nearer ac- quaintance with him : and that we feldom hear the de- fcription of a celebrated perfon , without a catalogue of fome notorious weakneffes and infirmities . The reafon may be ...
... admiration of a famous man leffens upon our nearer ac- quaintance with him : and that we feldom hear the de- fcription of a celebrated perfon , without a catalogue of fome notorious weakneffes and infirmities . The reafon may be ...
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... Admiration is a very fhort - lived paffion , that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object , unless it be fill fed with fresh difcoveries , and kept alive by a new perpetual fucceffion of miracles rifing up to its view ...
... Admiration is a very fhort - lived paffion , that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object , unless it be fill fed with fresh difcoveries , and kept alive by a new perpetual fucceffion of miracles rifing up to its view ...
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action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo beauty becauſe befides behaviour character circumftances confideration converfation criticks defcribed defign defire difcourfe diſcovered drefs fable faid falutation fame feems feen fenfe fent fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould filks fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpeak fpeculations fpeech fpirit ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fufficient give greateſt happineſs herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe humble fervant huſband ibid Iliad itſelf kind Lady laft laſt lefs look mafter mankind manner marriage meaſure Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion ourſelves Ovid paffage paffed paffion particular perfons pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poffible prefent publick purpoſe racter raiſe reader reafon reflexion reprefented ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion uſe Virgil virtue whofe woman