The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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Page 14
... common sense of mankind in more ftrong , more beautiful , or more uncommon lights . If a reader examines Horace's Art of Poetry , he will find but very few precepts in it , which he may not meet with in Ariftotle , and which were not ...
... common sense of mankind in more ftrong , more beautiful , or more uncommon lights . If a reader examines Horace's Art of Poetry , he will find but very few precepts in it , which he may not meet with in Ariftotle , and which were not ...
Page 19
... common - place rallery of every thing that is fober , decent , and proper : Ma- ' trimony and the clergy are the topicks of people of little wit and no understanding . I own to you , I have ' learned of the vicar's wife all you tax me ...
... common - place rallery of every thing that is fober , decent , and proper : Ma- ' trimony and the clergy are the topicks of people of little wit and no understanding . I own to you , I have ' learned of the vicar's wife all you tax me ...
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... common principle of action work . ing equally with all men . And fuch a principle is ambi- tion or a defire of fame , by which great endowments are not suffered to lie idle and useless to the publick , and many vicious men , over ...
... common principle of action work . ing equally with all men . And fuch a principle is ambi- tion or a defire of fame , by which great endowments are not suffered to lie idle and useless to the publick , and many vicious men , over ...
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... common judgment and opinion of mankind ill- founded : for certainly it denotes no great bravery of mind to be worked up to any noble action by fo selfish a motive , and to do that out of a defire of fame , which we could not be prompted ...
... common judgment and opinion of mankind ill- founded : for certainly it denotes no great bravery of mind to be worked up to any noble action by fo selfish a motive , and to do that out of a defire of fame , which we could not be prompted ...
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... common reports of fame , and in fpreading abroad the weaknesses of an exalted character . They publish their ill ... common common ftamp , never meets with that reception and approbation 24 N ° 256 THE SPECTATOR .
... common reports of fame , and in fpreading abroad the weaknesses of an exalted character . They publish their ill ... common common ftamp , never meets with that reception and approbation 24 N ° 256 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