The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... of your command , by which your glory is put out of the power of fortune : And when your person shall be fo too , that the author and difpofer of all things A 3 may may place you in that higher man- fion of bliss DEDICATION .
... of your command , by which your glory is put out of the power of fortune : And when your person shall be fo too , that the author and difpofer of all things A 3 may may place you in that higher man- fion of bliss DEDICATION .
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... person whose merit places him upon an eminence , and gives him a more confpicuous figure among men . Whe ther it be that we think it fhews greater art to expofe and turn to ridicule a man whofe character feems fo improper a fubject for ...
... person whose merit places him upon an eminence , and gives him a more confpicuous figure among men . Whe ther it be that we think it fhews greater art to expofe and turn to ridicule a man whofe character feems fo improper a fubject for ...
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... person he is going to falute , and ftop short in the pole of his neck . This in the person who believed he could do it with a good grace , and was refufed the opportunity , is juftly refented with a coldness the whole enfuing feafon ...
... person he is going to falute , and ftop short in the pole of his neck . This in the person who believed he could do it with a good grace , and was refufed the opportunity , is juftly refented with a coldness the whole enfuing feafon ...
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... person of a particu- lar character , might have been pleafed and happy with a perfon of a contrary one , notwithstanding they are both perhaps equally virtuous and laudable in their kind . Before marriage we cannot be too inquifitive ...
... person of a particu- lar character , might have been pleafed and happy with a perfon of a contrary one , notwithstanding they are both perhaps equally virtuous and laudable in their kind . Before marriage we cannot be too inquifitive ...
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... person who has published but a very few volumes . For which reafon I am aftonifhed , that thofe who have appeared against this paper have made so very little of it . The criticisms which I have hitherto published , have been made with ...
... person who has published but a very few volumes . For which reafon I am aftonifhed , that thofe who have appeared against this paper have made so very little of it . The criticisms which I have hitherto published , have been made with ...
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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