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Page 14
... fancy , the leaft alteration I knew was fit and fufficient to draw that fancy to fome other ob- ject . You have chosen me from a low eftate to be your queen and companion , far beyond my defert or defire . If then you found me worthy of ...
... fancy , the leaft alteration I knew was fit and fufficient to draw that fancy to fome other ob- ject . You have chosen me from a low eftate to be your queen and companion , far beyond my defert or defire . If then you found me worthy of ...
Page 21
... fancy themselves engaged in a courfe of virtue ! I fhall endeavour , therefore , to lay down fome rules for the discovery of those vices that lurk in the fecret corners of the foul , and to fhew my reader thofe methods by which he may ...
... fancy themselves engaged in a courfe of virtue ! I fhall endeavour , therefore , to lay down fome rules for the discovery of those vices that lurk in the fecret corners of the foul , and to fhew my reader thofe methods by which he may ...
Page 30
... fancy he had ever any place in my affections . His own fex allow him fenfe , and all ours good - breeding . His perfon is fuch as might , without vanity , make him believe himself not in- ⚫ capable to be beloved . Our fortunes indeed ...
... fancy he had ever any place in my affections . His own fex allow him fenfe , and all ours good - breeding . His perfon is fuch as might , without vanity , make him believe himself not in- ⚫ capable to be beloved . Our fortunes indeed ...
Page 63
... fancy , and gives a greatnefs of mind to the read- er , which few of the critics befides Longinus have confidered . Our general tafte in England is for epigram , turns of wit , and forced conceits , which have no manner of influence ...
... fancy , and gives a greatnefs of mind to the read- er , which few of the critics befides Longinus have confidered . Our general tafte in England is for epigram , turns of wit , and forced conceits , which have no manner of influence ...
Page 63
... fancy , and gives a greatnefs of mind to the read- er , which few of the critics befides Longinus have confidered . Our general tafte in England is for epigram , turns of wit , and forced conceits , which have no manner of influence ...
... fancy , and gives a greatnefs of mind to the read- er , which few of the critics befides Longinus have confidered . Our general tafte in England is for epigram , turns of wit , and forced conceits , which have no manner of influence ...
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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