The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... beauty deformed . This little ' member gives life to every other part about us , and I believe the ftory of Argu.simplies no more than that the eye is in every part , that is to fay , every other part would be mutilated , were not its ...
... beauty deformed . This little ' member gives life to every other part about us , and I believe the ftory of Argu.simplies no more than that the eye is in every part , that is to fay , every other part would be mutilated , were not its ...
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... beauty , it would be worthy his art to provide , that thefe eloquent drops may no more be lavished on trifles , or employed as fervants to their wayward wills ; but referved for ferious occafions in life , to adorn ge- nerous pity ...
... beauty , it would be worthy his art to provide , that thefe eloquent drops may no more be lavished on trifles , or employed as fervants to their wayward wills ; but referved for ferious occafions in life , to adorn ge- nerous pity ...
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... beauty to this paffage , as would have been very much 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 ...
... beauty to this paffage , as would have been very much 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 ...
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... beauty in the numbers ; but I may take an occafion in a future paper to fhew feveral of them which have escaped the obfervation of others . I cannot conclude this paper without taking notice that we have three poems in our tongue ...
... beauty in the numbers ; but I may take an occafion in a future paper to fhew feveral of them which have escaped the obfervation of others . I cannot conclude this paper without taking notice that we have three poems in our tongue ...
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... beauty and life of the original . But the great judge of all the earth knows every different ftate and degree of human improvement , from those B 4 weak weak firrings and tendencies of the will which have not 257 " א 31 THE SPECTATOR .
... beauty and life of the original . But the great judge of all the earth knows every different ftate and degree of human improvement , from those B 4 weak weak firrings and tendencies of the will which have not 257 " א 31 THE SPECTATOR .
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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