The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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Page 71
... circumstances in them , than the history of the Fall of Man , as it is related in fcripture . Befides , it was easier for Homer and Virgil to dash the truth with fiction , as they were in no danger of offending the religion of their ...
... circumstances in them , than the history of the Fall of Man , as it is related in fcripture . Befides , it was easier for Homer and Virgil to dash the truth with fiction , as they were in no danger of offending the religion of their ...
Page 96
... circumstances differ , vary our appella- tions of thefe criminals : Those who offend only against themselves , and are not scandals to fociety , but out of deference to the fober part of the world , have fo much good left in them as to ...
... circumstances differ , vary our appella- tions of thefe criminals : Those who offend only against themselves , and are not scandals to fociety , but out of deference to the fober part of the world , have fo much good left in them as to ...
Page 128
... circumstances seem to have placed him above the bare temptation of money . This reafon alfo makes the commonwealth regard her richeft fubjects , as those who are most concerned for her --- quiet and intereft , and confequently fitteft ...
... circumstances seem to have placed him above the bare temptation of money . This reafon alfo makes the commonwealth regard her richeft fubjects , as those who are most concerned for her --- quiet and intereft , and confequently fitteft ...
Page 130
... circumstances of life . Though the ways of getting money were long fince very numerous ; and though fo many new ones have been found out of late years , there is certainly ftill remaining fo large a field for invention , that a man of ...
... circumstances of life . Though the ways of getting money were long fince very numerous ; and though fo many new ones have been found out of late years , there is certainly ftill remaining fo large a field for invention , that a man of ...
Page 158
... each other's virtue and merit ; and the cha- racter which gives name to the play , is one who has behaved herself with heroick virtue in the most import- ant ant circumstances of a female life , thofe of a 158 No 290 THE SPECTATOR .
... each other's virtue and merit ; and the cha- racter which gives name to the play , is one who has behaved herself with heroick virtue in the most import- ant ant circumstances of a female life , thofe of a 158 No 290 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