“The” Spectator, Volume 6J. Parsons, 1793 - English essays |
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... shame and sorrow we were just before preparing for him ? The great oppo- sition to this kind of candour arises from the unjust idea B 2 people } people ordinarily have of what we call a High No. 382 . 19 THE SPECTATOR .
... shame and sorrow we were just before preparing for him ? The great oppo- sition to this kind of candour arises from the unjust idea B 2 people } people ordinarily have of what we call a High No. 382 . 19 THE SPECTATOR .
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... ideas in us by the delightfulness of their appearance . Fountains , lakes , and rivers , are as refresh- ing to the imagination , as to the soil through which they pass . There are writers of great distinction , who have made it an ...
... ideas in us by the delightfulness of their appearance . Fountains , lakes , and rivers , are as refresh- ing to the imagination , as to the soil through which they pass . There are writers of great distinction , who have made it an ...
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... idea of fall upon green , the in such a due pro- portion , that they give the animal spirits their proper . play , and by keeping up the struggle in a just balance , excite a very pleasing and agreeable sensation . Let the cause be what ...
... idea of fall upon green , the in such a due pro- portion , that they give the animal spirits their proper . play , and by keeping up the struggle in a just balance , excite a very pleasing and agreeable sensation . Let the cause be what ...
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... ideas so exquisitely soft and tender , that I could not help making this paraphrase . of it ; which , now it is done , I can as little forbear sending to you . Some marks of your approbation , which I have already received , have given ...
... ideas so exquisitely soft and tender , that I could not help making this paraphrase . of it ; which , now it is done , I can as little forbear sending to you . Some marks of your approbation , which I have already received , have given ...
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... idea of a God is innate and co - ex- istent with the mind itself ; or that this truth is so very obvious , that it is discovered by the first exertion of reason of persons of the most ordinary capacities ; or lastly , that he has been ...
... idea of a God is innate and co - ex- istent with the mind itself ; or that this truth is so very obvious , that it is discovered by the first exertion of reason of persons of the most ordinary capacities ; or lastly , that he has been ...
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