The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 20
... beautiful paffages in the whole poem . That day I oft remember , when from fleep I firft awak'd , and found myself repos'd Under a fhade , on flow'rs , much wond'ring where And what I was , whence hither brought , and bows . Not diftant ...
... beautiful paffages in the whole poem . That day I oft remember , when from fleep I firft awak'd , and found myself repos'd Under a fhade , on flow'rs , much wond'ring where And what I was , whence hither brought , and bows . Not diftant ...
Page 27
... beautiful lines . Why fleep'st thou Eve ? now is the pleasant time , The cool , the filent , fave where filence yields To the night - warbling bird , that now awake Tunes fweeteft his love - laboar'd fong ; now reigns Full orb'd the ...
... beautiful lines . Why fleep'st thou Eve ? now is the pleasant time , The cool , the filent , fave where filence yields To the night - warbling bird , that now awake Tunes fweeteft his love - laboar'd fong ; now reigns Full orb'd the ...
Page 28
... beautiful fpirit of poetry , which runs through this whole hymn , nor the holiness of that refo- lution with which it concludes . Having already mentioned thofe fpeeches which are affigned to the perfous in this poem , I proceed to the ...
... beautiful fpirit of poetry , which runs through this whole hymn , nor the holiness of that refo- lution with which it concludes . Having already mentioned thofe fpeeches which are affigned to the perfous in this poem , I proceed to the ...
Page 57
... why this man with thofe beautiful features and well fashion'd perfon , is not fo agreeable as he who fits by him without any of thofe advantages . When we C5 ' read , read , we do it without any exerted Act of No 334 57 THE SPECTATOR .
... why this man with thofe beautiful features and well fashion'd perfon , is not fo agreeable as he who fits by him without any of thofe advantages . When we C5 ' read , read , we do it without any exerted Act of No 334 57 THE SPECTATOR .
Page 79
... beautiful defcription has our author raifed upon that hint in one of the prophets ! And behold there came four chariots out from between two mountains , and the mountains were mountains of brass . About his chariot numberless were pour ...
... beautiful defcription has our author raifed upon that hint in one of the prophets ! And behold there came four chariots out from between two mountains , and the mountains were mountains of brass . About his chariot numberless were pour ...
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