The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... particular 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 ...
... particular 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 ...
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... particular order and method . I have first of all confidered the reasons why Providence may have implanted in our mind fuch a principle of action . I have in the next place fhewn from many confiderations , first , that fame is a thing ...
... particular order and method . I have first of all confidered the reasons why Providence may have implanted in our mind fuch a principle of action . I have in the next place fhewn from many confiderations , first , that fame is a thing ...
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... As to falutations , which I was about to talk of , I obferve , as I stroll about town , there are great enormities committed with re- 5 gard gard to this particular . You fhall fometimes fee a N ° 259 37 THE SPECTATOR .
... As to falutations , which I was about to talk of , I obferve , as I stroll about town , there are great enormities committed with re- 5 gard gard to this particular . You fhall fometimes fee a N ° 259 37 THE SPECTATOR .
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gard to this particular . You fhall fometimes fee a man begin the offer of a falutation , and obferve a forbidding air ... particular . I do not pretend to be the best courtier in the world , but I have often on publick occafions thought ...
gard to this particular . You fhall fometimes fee a man begin the offer of a falutation , and obferve a forbidding air ... particular . I do not pretend to be the best courtier in the world , but I have often on publick occafions thought ...
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... particular perfons , families , or focieties . There is not one of thofe abovementioned fubjects that would not fell a very indifferent paper , could I think of gratifying the publick by fuch mean and base methods . methods . But ...
... particular perfons , families , or focieties . There is not one of thofe abovementioned fubjects that would not fell a very indifferent paper , could I think of gratifying the publick by fuch mean and base methods . methods . But ...
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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