The Spectator, Volume 6Harrison and Company, 1793 - English essays |
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Page 3
... , good - breed ng degene- rates into wantonnefs , and wit into impudence . It is ob- ferved , that all the virtues are reprefented both by paint- B 2 ers ers and ftatuaries under female fhapes ; but if of THE SPECTATOR . 3.
... , good - breed ng degene- rates into wantonnefs , and wit into impudence . It is ob- ferved , that all the virtues are reprefented both by paint- B 2 ers ers and ftatuaries under female fhapes ; but if of THE SPECTATOR . 3.
Page 44
... reprefented as lifting up both his arms , and pour- ing out the thunder of his rhetoric amidst an audience of Pagan philofophers . It is certain that proper geftures and vehement exer- tions of the voice cannot be too much ftudied by a ...
... reprefented as lifting up both his arms , and pour- ing out the thunder of his rhetoric amidst an audience of Pagan philofophers . It is certain that proper geftures and vehement exer- tions of the voice cannot be too much ftudied by a ...
Page 78
... reprefented . Since it is in the power of the imagination , when it is once ftocked with particular ideas , to enlarge , compound , and vary them at her own pleasure . Among the different kinds of reprefentation , ftatuary is the most ...
... reprefented . Since it is in the power of the imagination , when it is once ftocked with particular ideas , to enlarge , compound , and vary them at her own pleasure . Among the different kinds of reprefentation , ftatuary is the most ...
Page 87
... reprefented to our minds by fuitable expreffions ; though perhaps , this may be more properly called the pleasure of the understanding than of the fancy , becaufe we are not fo much delighted with the image that is contained in the ...
... reprefented to our minds by fuitable expreffions ; though perhaps , this may be more properly called the pleasure of the understanding than of the fancy , becaufe we are not fo much delighted with the image that is contained in the ...
Page 92
... reprefented naturally , we cannot look upon the reprefentation as altogether im- poffible ; nay , many are prepoffeft with fuch falfe opi- nions , as difpofe them to believe thefe particular delu- fions ; at least we have all heard fo ...
... reprefented naturally , we cannot look upon the reprefentation as altogether im- poffible ; nay , many are prepoffeft with fuch falfe opi- nions , as difpofe them to believe thefe particular delu- fions ; at least we have all heard fo ...
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