The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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Page 23
... itself looked upon as a weakness in the greatest characters . In the next place , fame is eafily loft , and as difficult to be preferved as it was at first to be acquired . But this I fhall make the fubject of a following paper . N ...
... itself looked upon as a weakness in the greatest characters . In the next place , fame is eafily loft , and as difficult to be preferved as it was at first to be acquired . But this I fhall make the fubject of a following paper . N ...
Page 27
... itself , but the de- fire of it lays us open to many accidental troubles which thofe are free from who have no fuch a tender regard for it . How often is the ambitious man caft down and disappointed , if he receives no praise where he ...
... itself , but the de- fire of it lays us open to many accidental troubles which thofe are free from who have no fuch a tender regard for it . How often is the ambitious man caft down and disappointed , if he receives no praise where he ...
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... itself to our ambition . And what could the most afpiring , or the most selfish man defire more , were he to form the notion of a Being to whom he would recommend himself , than fuch a knowledge as can difcover the leaft appearance of ...
... itself to our ambition . And what could the most afpiring , or the most selfish man defire more , were he to form the notion of a Being to whom he would recommend himself , than fuch a knowledge as can difcover the leaft appearance of ...
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... itself , and how few there are capable of a religious , learn- ed , or philofophie folitude , we fhall be apt to change a regard to that fort of folitude , for being a little fingu- lar in enjoying time after the way a man himfelf likes ...
... itself , and how few there are capable of a religious , learn- ed , or philofophie folitude , we fhall be apt to change a regard to that fort of folitude , for being a little fingu- lar in enjoying time after the way a man himfelf likes ...
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... itself . I am engaged in this fpeculation by a fight which I lately met with at the opera . As I was standing in the hinder part of the box , I took notice of a little cluster . of women fitting together in the prettiest coloured hoods ...
... itself . I am engaged in this fpeculation by a fight which I lately met with at the opera . As I was standing in the hinder part of the box , I took notice of a little cluster . of women fitting together in the prettiest coloured hoods ...
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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