The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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Page 14
... who in his reflexions has given us the fame kind of fublime , which he obferves in the feveral paffages that occafioned them ; I cannot but take take notice , that our English Author has after the 14 No 253 THE SPECTATOK .
... who in his reflexions has given us the fame kind of fublime , which he obferves in the feveral paffages that occafioned them ; I cannot but take take notice , that our English Author has after the 14 No 253 THE SPECTATOK .
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... given you , but the fays the fhall never forgive your choice of fo gallant a man as Bellamour to transform him to a mere fober husband ; it was unpardonable : You fee , my dear , we all envy your happiness , and no perfon more than your ...
... given you , but the fays the fhall never forgive your choice of fo gallant a man as Bellamour to transform him to a mere fober husband ; it was unpardonable : You fee , my dear , we all envy your happiness , and no perfon more than your ...
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... given over their pursuits after fame , but that has proceeded either from the disap- pointments they have met in it , or from their experi- ence of the little pleasure which attends it , or from the better informations or natural ...
... given over their pursuits after fame , but that has proceeded either from the disap- pointments they have met in it , or from their experi- ence of the little pleasure which attends it , or from the better informations or natural ...
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... given with all the franknefs imaginable ; what concerns thofe arts at pre- fent the reader fhall have from my correfpondents . The firft of the letters with which I acquit myself for this day , is written by one who propofes to improve ...
... given with all the franknefs imaginable ; what concerns thofe arts at pre- fent the reader fhall have from my correfpondents . The firft of the letters with which I acquit myself for this day , is written by one who propofes to improve ...
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... given to our proteftant diffenters from the outward pomp and refpect we take to ourselves in our religious affemblies . A quaker who came one day into a church , fixed his eye upon an old Lady with a carpet larger than that from the ...
... given to our proteftant diffenters from the outward pomp and refpect we take to ourselves in our religious affemblies . A quaker who came one day into a church , fixed his eye upon an old Lady with a carpet larger than that from the ...
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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