The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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Page 29
... 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 difficult to be obtained , and eafily loft ; fecondly , that it ...
... 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 difficult to be obtained , and eafily loft ; fecondly , that it ...
Page 31
... reason why men can- not form a right judgment of us is , because the fame actions may be aimed at different ends , and arise from quite contrary principles . Actions are of fo mixt a nature and fo full of circumftances , that as men pry ...
... reason why men can- not form a right judgment of us is , because the fame actions may be aimed at different ends , and arise from quite contrary principles . Actions are of fo mixt a nature and fo full of circumftances , that as men pry ...
Page 51
... reason interposes against instinct , where it would ' carry either out of the interefts of the other , there ' arifes that happiest intercourse of good offices between ' thofe deareft relations of human life . The father , ' according ...
... reason interposes against instinct , where it would ' carry either out of the interefts of the other , there ' arifes that happiest intercourse of good offices between ' thofe deareft relations of human life . The father , ' according ...
Page 85
... prevented him from doing mischief . His horfe is likewife very vicious , for which reason I am ' forced to tie him clofe to his manger with a pack- " ' thread . thread . The woman is a coquette . She ftruts No 271 85 THE SPECTATOR .
... prevented him from doing mischief . His horfe is likewife very vicious , for which reason I am ' forced to tie him clofe to his manger with a pack- " ' thread . thread . The woman is a coquette . She ftruts No 271 85 THE SPECTATOR .
Page 86
... reason I • hope you will excufe this prefumption in • your most dutiful , most obedient , and most humble fer - vant , S. T. N ° 272 Friday , January 11 . Longa eft injuria , longe Ambages- Virg . Æn . 1. ver . 345 . Great is the injury ...
... reason I • hope you will excufe this prefumption in • your most dutiful , most obedient , and most humble fer - vant , S. T. N ° 272 Friday , January 11 . Longa eft injuria , longe Ambages- Virg . Æn . 1. ver . 345 . Great is the injury ...
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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