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Page 38
... never promifes what he is not able to perform , fo fhe never fails of performing what fhe promises . But the misfortune is , men defpife what they may be mafters of , and affect what they are not fit for ; they reckon them- felves ...
... never promifes what he is not able to perform , fo fhe never fails of performing what fhe promises . But the misfortune is , men defpife what they may be mafters of , and affect what they are not fit for ; they reckon them- felves ...
Page 51
... never proceed immediately from reafon ; fo pure a fountain emits no fuch troubled waters : They muft neceffarily ... never fail of fecuring her charge if he be not wanting to herfelf : The ftrength of the paffions will never be accepted ...
... never proceed immediately from reafon ; fo pure a fountain emits no fuch troubled waters : They muft neceffarily ... never fail of fecuring her charge if he be not wanting to herfelf : The ftrength of the paffions will never be accepted ...
Page 151
... never any fuch thing as a blush seen , or a figh heard , in the commonwealth . The women never dreffed but to look terrible , to which end they would fometimes af- ter a battle paint their cheeks with the blood of their enemies . For ...
... never any fuch thing as a blush seen , or a figh heard , in the commonwealth . The women never dreffed but to look terrible , to which end they would fometimes af- ter a battle paint their cheeks with the blood of their enemies . For ...
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Æneid againſt agreeable appear arife beautiful becauſe beſt caufe confider confideration converfation defcription defign defire delight difcourfe difcover eafy entertainment eyes faid fame fancy fatire fatisfaction fecret feems feen felves fenfe feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fight filk fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foul fpeculations fpirits ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fure give greateſt happineſs herſelf himſelf humble fervant humour imagination itſelf juft kind lady laft laſt lefs loft manner mind modefty moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion Ovid paffed paffions paper perfons pleafing pleaſant pleaſed pleaſure poet prefent purpoſe racter raiſe reader reafon reflections reprefented rife ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion tural underſtanding uſe virtue whofe words writing