The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... py expiration 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 .
... py expiration 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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... things , which it feems did not occur to you : Do but reflect upon the nonfenfe it makes men talk , the flames which it is faid to kindle , the transport it raises , the dejection it caufes in the braveft men ; and if you do believe ...
... things , which it feems did not occur to you : Do but reflect upon the nonfenfe it makes men talk , the flames which it is faid to kindle , the transport it raises , the dejection it caufes in the braveft men ; and if you do believe ...
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... thing , turns all its charms against an ogler . The eye of Lufitania is an inftrument of premeditated murder ; but the defign being visible , deftroys the execution of it ; and with much more beau- ty than that of Leonora , it is not ...
... thing , turns all its charms against an ogler . The eye of Lufitania is an inftrument of premeditated murder ; but the defign being visible , deftroys the execution of it ; and with much more beau- ty than that of Leonora , it is not ...
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... thing ? It is certain too , that they are poffeffed of fome fprings of rhetorick which men want , fuch as tears , fainting fits , and the like , which I have seen employed upon occafion with good ' fuccefs . You must know I am a plain ...
... thing ? It is certain too , that they are poffeffed of fome fprings of rhetorick which men want , fuch as tears , fainting fits , and the like , which I have seen employed upon occafion with good ' fuccefs . You must know I am a plain ...
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... things that are new , as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn . It is impoffible for us , who live in the latter ages of the world , to make obfervations in cri- ticifm , morality , or in any art or science , which have not ...
... things that are new , as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn . It is impoffible for us , who live in the latter ages of the world , to make obfervations in cri- ticifm , morality , or in any art or science , which have not ...
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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