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Page 26
... raises any idea more loose than that of a 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 ...
... raises any idea more loose than that of a 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 ...
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... raise all the paffions which can be felt by hu- man minds . As inftances of this , I fhall give you two or three letters ; the writers , of which can have no recourfe to any legal power for redrefs , and feem to have written rather to ...
... raise all the paffions which can be felt by hu- man minds . As inftances of this , I fhall give you two or three letters ; the writers , of which can have no recourfe to any legal power for redrefs , and feem to have written rather to ...
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... raise a jonquil or tulip without the help of their respective feeds . As there is no good or bad quality that does not affect both fexes , fo it is not to be imagined but the fair fex muft have fuffered by an affectation of this nature ...
... raise a jonquil or tulip without the help of their respective feeds . As there is no good or bad quality that does not affect both fexes , fo it is not to be imagined but the fair fex muft have fuffered by an affectation of this nature ...
Page 46
... raised our delight . The paffions that are excited by ordinary compofitions , generally flow from fuch filly and abfurd occafions , that a man is afhamed to reflect upon them ferioufly ; but the fear , the love , the forrow , the ...
... raised our delight . The paffions that are excited by ordinary compofitions , generally flow from fuch filly and abfurd occafions , that a man is afhamed to reflect upon them ferioufly ; but the fear , the love , the forrow , the ...
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... raises noble hints in the mind of the hearer , and fills it with great con- ceptions . It ftrengthens devotion , and advances praise into rapture , it lengthens out every act of wor- hip , and produces more lafting and permanent im ...
... raises noble hints in the mind of the hearer , and fills it with great con- ceptions . It ftrengthens devotion , and advances praise into rapture , it lengthens out every act of wor- hip , and produces more lafting and permanent im ...
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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