The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... reader with more agreeable images , and give him a more delightful entertain- ment than what can be found in the following , or any other book . One cannot indeed without of fence , to yourfelf , obferve , that you excel the reft of ...
... reader with more agreeable images , and give him a more delightful entertain- ment than what can be found in the following , or any other book . One cannot indeed without of fence , to yourfelf , obferve , that you excel the reft of ...
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... reader , that I here point at the reign of Auguftus , and I believe he will be of my opinion , that neither Virgil nor Horace would have gained fo great a reputation in the world , had they not been the friends and admirers of each ...
... reader , that I here point at the reign of Auguftus , and I believe he will be of my opinion , that neither Virgil nor Horace would have gained fo great a reputation in the world , had they not been the friends and admirers of each ...
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... reader must affent to , when he sees them explained with that elegance and perfpicuity in which they are delivered . As for those which are the most known , and the most received , they are placed in so beautiful a light , and ...
... reader must affent to , when he sees them explained with that elegance and perfpicuity in which they are delivered . As for those which are the most known , and the most received , they are placed in so beautiful a light , and ...
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... readers are fo much in love with , he has the fol- Jowing verfes . Thefe Equal Syllables alone require , Tho ' oft ... reader may obferve the following lines in the fame view . A needlefs Alexandrine ends the song , That like a wounded ...
... readers are fo much in love with , he has the fol- Jowing verfes . Thefe Equal Syllables alone require , Tho ' oft ... reader may obferve the following lines in the fame view . A needlefs Alexandrine ends the song , That like a wounded ...
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common ftamp , never meets with that reception and approbation among its readers as what is aimed at a 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 ...
common ftamp , never meets with that reception and approbation among its readers as what is aimed at a 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 ...
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