The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... of the mind is fometimes feated there ; that a kind look im- parts all , that a year's difcourfe could give you , in one What matters it what the fays to you , fee • " ་ moment . A 5 how " " how fhe looks , is the language of all THE ...
... of the mind is fometimes feated there ; that a kind look im- parts all , that a year's difcourfe could give you , in one What matters it what the fays to you , fee • " ་ moment . A 5 how " " how fhe looks , is the language of all THE ...
Page 10
... kind eye makes contradiction , an affent , an enraged eye makes beauty deformed . This little ' member gives life to every other part about us , and I believe the ftory of Argu.simplies no more than that the eye is in every part , that ...
... kind eye makes contradiction , an affent , an enraged eye makes beauty deformed . This little ' member gives life to every other part about us , and I believe the ftory of Argu.simplies no more than that the eye is in every part , that ...
Page 14
... kind . The observations follow one another like those in Horace's Art of Poetry , without that methodical regularity which would have been requifite- in a profe author . They are fome of them uncommon , but fuch as the reader must ...
... kind . The observations follow one another like those in Horace's Art of Poetry , without that methodical regularity which would have been requifite- in a profe author . They are fome of them uncommon , but fuch as the reader must ...
Page 15
... kind . Speaking of the infipid smoothness which fome readers are fo much in love with , he has the fol- Jowing verfes . Thefe Equal Syllables alone require , Tho ' oft the ear the open vowels tire , While expletives their feeble aid do ...
... kind . Speaking of the infipid smoothness which fome readers are fo much in love with , he has the fol- Jowing verfes . Thefe Equal Syllables alone require , Tho ' oft the ear the open vowels tire , While expletives their feeble aid do ...
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... kind of beauty in the numbers ; but I may take an occafion in a future paper to fhew feveral of them which have escaped the obfervation of others . I cannot conclude this paper without taking notice that we have three poems in our ...
... kind of beauty in the numbers ; but I may take an occafion in a future paper to fhew feveral of them which have escaped the obfervation of others . I cannot conclude this paper without taking notice that we have three poems in our ...
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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