The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... design of the fe Gentle- men who set on foot the Royal Society ; and had then a very good effect , as it turned many of the greatest ge- niufes of that age to the difquifitions of natural know- ledge , who , if they had engaged in ...
... design of the fe Gentle- men who set on foot the Royal Society ; and had then a very good effect , as it turned many of the greatest ge- niufes of that age to the difquifitions of natural know- ledge , who , if they had engaged in ...
Page 286
... design upon your virtue . But when that virtue began to comply " in my favour , my reafon made an effort over my " love , and let me fee the baseness of my behaviour in " attempting a woman of honour . I own to you , it was not without ...
... design upon your virtue . But when that virtue began to comply " in my favour , my reafon made an effort over my " love , and let me fee the baseness of my behaviour in " attempting a woman of honour . I own to you , it was not without ...
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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