The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... fenfe , Soft is the ftrain when Zephyr gently blows , And the fmooth ftream in fmoother numbers flaws ; But when loud furges lafh the founding fore , The hoarfe rough verse shou'd like the torrent roar . When Ajax frives fome rocks vaft ...
... fenfe , Soft is the ftrain when Zephyr gently blows , And the fmooth ftream in fmoother numbers flaws ; But when loud furges lafh the founding fore , The hoarfe rough verse shou'd like the torrent roar . When Ajax frives fome rocks vaft ...
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... we long for can allay the cravings of their proper fenfe , and for a while fet the appetite at reft : But fame is a good fo wholly foreign to our na- 6 tures , . tures , that we have no faculty in the 26 N ° 256 THE SPECTATOR .
... we long for can allay the cravings of their proper fenfe , and for a while fet the appetite at reft : But fame is a good fo wholly foreign to our na- 6 tures , . tures , that we have no faculty in the 26 N ° 256 THE SPECTATOR .
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... fenfe or meaning ; to fay it fhorter , mere musical founds " in our art are no other than nonfenfe verfes are in poetry . Mufick therefore is to aggravate what is in- tended by poetry ; it must always have fome paffion or fentiment to ...
... fenfe or meaning ; to fay it fhorter , mere musical founds " in our art are no other than nonfenfe verfes are in poetry . Mufick therefore is to aggravate what is in- tended by poetry ; it must always have fome paffion or fentiment to ...
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... fenfe with- out the help of an inftructor ; but that which we call common fenfe fuffers under that word ; for it fometimes implies no more than that faculty which is common to all men , but fometimes fignifies right reafon , and what ...
... fenfe with- out the help of an inftructor ; but that which we call common fenfe fuffers under that word ; for it fometimes implies no more than that faculty which is common to all men , but fometimes fignifies right reafon , and what ...
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... fenfe , an agreeable friend ; love and conftancy , a good wife or hulband . Where we meet one perfon with all these ac- complishments , we find an hundred without any one of them . The world , notwithstanding , is more intent on trains ...
... fenfe , an agreeable friend ; love and conftancy , a good wife or hulband . Where we meet one perfon with all these ac- complishments , we find an hundred without any one of them . The world , notwithstanding , is more intent on trains ...
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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