The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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Page 33
... relation to fuch recreations , I have heretofore given with all the franknefs imaginable ; what concerns thofe arts at pre- fent the reader fhall have from my correfpondents . The firft of the letters with which I acquit myself for this ...
... relation to fuch recreations , I have heretofore given with all the franknefs imaginable ; what concerns thofe arts at pre- fent the reader fhall have from my correfpondents . The firft of the letters with which I acquit myself for this ...
Page 51
... relations of human life . The father , ' according to the opportunities which are offered to ' him , is throwing down bleffings on the fon , and the ' fon endeavouring to appear the worthy offspring of ' fuch a father . It is after this ...
... relations of human life . The father , ' according to the opportunities which are offered to ' him , is throwing down bleffings on the fon , and the ' fon endeavouring to appear the worthy offspring of ' fuch a father . It is after this ...
Page 52
... relations ⚫ well regarded bestow upon each other . Ordinary paf- fages are no longer fuch , but mutual love gives an importance to the most indifferent things , and a merit to actions the most infignificant . When we look round the ...
... relations ⚫ well regarded bestow upon each other . Ordinary paf- fages are no longer fuch , but mutual love gives an importance to the most indifferent things , and a merit to actions the most infignificant . When we look round the ...
Page 53
... relation with the ut moft fanctity , than to examine their own hearts . If every father remembered his own thoughts and incli- ' nations when he was a fon , and every fon remembered what he expected from his father , when he himself was ...
... relation with the ut moft fanctity , than to examine their own hearts . If every father remembered his own thoughts and incli- ' nations when he was a fon , and every fon remembered what he expected from his father , when he himself was ...
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... relation to his understanding ; where- as when we fay of a woman , fhe has a fine , a long , or a good head , we fpeak only in relation to her commode . It is obferved among birds , that nature has lavished all her ornaments upon the ...
... relation to his understanding ; where- as when we fay of a woman , fhe has a fine , a long , or a good head , we fpeak only in relation to her commode . It is obferved among birds , that nature has lavished all her ornaments upon the ...
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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