The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... means , if poffible , they may be ftopped at a reafonable expence : Or , indeed , fince there is fomething fo moving in the very image of ⚫weeping beauty , it would be worthy his art to provide , that thefe eloquent drops may no more ...
... means , if poffible , they may be ftopped at a reafonable expence : Or , indeed , fince there is fomething fo moving in the very image of ⚫weeping beauty , it would be worthy his art to provide , that thefe eloquent drops may no more ...
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of this nature into a very fine poem ; I mean The Art of Criticism , which was published feme months fince , and is a master piece in its kind . The observations follow one another like those in Horace's Art of Poetry , without that ...
of this nature into a very fine poem ; I mean The Art of Criticism , which was published feme months fince , and is a master piece in its kind . The observations follow one another like those in Horace's Art of Poetry , without that ...
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... mean and narrow minds are the leaft actuated by it ; whether it be that a man's fense of his own incapacities makes him despair of coming at fame , or that he has not enough range of thought to look out for any good which does not more ...
... mean and narrow minds are the leaft actuated by it ; whether it be that a man's fense of his own incapacities makes him despair of coming at fame , or that he has not enough range of thought to look out for any good which does not more ...
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... mean by this end that happiness which is reserved for us in another world , which every one has abilities to procure , and which will bring along with it fulness of joy and pleasures for evermore . How the purfuit after fame may hinder ...
... mean by this end that happiness which is reserved for us in another world , which every one has abilities to procure , and which will bring along with it fulness of joy and pleasures for evermore . How the purfuit after fame may hinder ...
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... mean or trivial for the entertain- ment of reasonable creatures . As to the diverfions of this kind in this town , we owe them to the arts of poet- ry and mufick : My own private opinion , with relation to fuch recreations , I have ...
... mean or trivial for the entertain- ment of reasonable creatures . As to the diverfions of this kind in this town , we owe them to the arts of poet- ry and mufick : My own private opinion , with relation to fuch recreations , I have ...
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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