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Page 7
... beautiful lines ; Long The flourish'd , Grew fweet to fenfe , and lovely to the eye : ' Till at the last a cruel spoiler came , Gropt this fair rofe , and rifled all its fweetness , Then caft it like a lothfome weed away . On On the ...
... beautiful lines ; Long The flourish'd , Grew fweet to fenfe , and lovely to the eye : ' Till at the last a cruel spoiler came , Gropt this fair rofe , and rifled all its fweetness , Then caft it like a lothfome weed away . On On the ...
Page 26
... beautiful woman fet off to advantage . The like , or a more delicate and careful fpirit of mo- defty , appears in the following paffage in one of Mr. Philips's paftorals . Breathe foft , ye winds , ye waters gently flow , Shield her ...
... beautiful woman fet off to advantage . The like , or a more delicate and careful fpirit of mo- defty , appears in the following paffage in one of Mr. Philips's paftorals . Breathe foft , ye winds , ye waters gently flow , Shield her ...
Page 46
... beautiful in themfelves , and fo proper for the airs of mufic , I cannot but wonder that perfons of distinction should give fo little attention and en- couragement to that kind of mufic which would have its foundation in reason , and ...
... beautiful in themfelves , and fo proper for the airs of mufic , I cannot but wonder that perfons of distinction should give fo little attention and en- couragement to that kind of mufic which would have its foundation in reason , and ...
Page 69
... beautiful than any that can be found in the whole compafs of nature . There are few words in the English language which are employed in a more loofe and uncircum- fcribed fenfe than thofe of the Fancy and the Ima- gination . I therefore ...
... beautiful than any that can be found in the whole compafs of nature . There are few words in the English language which are employed in a more loofe and uncircum- fcribed fenfe than thofe of the Fancy and the Ima- gination . I therefore ...
Page 70
... beautiful profpect delights the foul , as much as a demonftration ; and a defcription in Homer has charmed more readers than a chapter in Ariftotle . Befides , the pleasures of the imagination have this advantage , above thofe of the ...
... beautiful profpect delights the foul , as much as a demonftration ; and a defcription in Homer has charmed more readers than a chapter in Ariftotle . Befides , the pleasures of the imagination have this advantage , above thofe of the ...
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againſt agreeable appear arife beautiful becauſe befides buſineſs caft caufe confider confideration converfation defcribed defcription defign defire delight difcourfe diſcovered dreffed eyes faid fame fancy fatire fatisfaction fecond fecret feems feen felves fenfe feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fight filk fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foul fpeak fpeculations fpirits ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient fure give greateſt heart herſelf higheſt himſelf humble fervant humour ibid imagination inftances itſelf kind lady laft lefs loft manner mind modefty moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion ourſelves OVID paffed paffions paper perfons pleafing pleaſant pleaſed pleaſure poet prefent purpoſe raiſe reader reafon reflections reft rife Sempronia ſeveral ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion underſtanding uſe virtue whofe writing