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Page 42
We shall therefore utterly extinguish this melancholy thought of our being
overlooked by our Maker in the multiplicity of his works , and the infinity of those
objects among which he seems to be inceffantly employed , if we consider , in the
first ...
We shall therefore utterly extinguish this melancholy thought of our being
overlooked by our Maker in the multiplicity of his works , and the infinity of those
objects among which he seems to be inceffantly employed , if we consider , in the
first ...
Page 206
... erected the famous Mausoleum , but drank up the ashes of her dead lord ;
thereby inclosing them in a nobler monument than that which she had built ,
though deservedly esteemed one of the wonders of architecture , This last lady
seems to ...
... erected the famous Mausoleum , but drank up the ashes of her dead lord ;
thereby inclosing them in a nobler monument than that which she had built ,
though deservedly esteemed one of the wonders of architecture , This last lady
seems to ...
Page 218
In this point Horace hath been thought by some - critics to be sometimes careless
, as well as too negligent of his versification ; of which he seems to have s been
sensible himself . • All I have to add is , that both these manners of writing may ...
In this point Horace hath been thought by some - critics to be sometimes careless
, as well as too negligent of his versification ; of which he seems to have s been
sensible himself . • All I have to add is , that both these manners of writing may ...
Page 253
A CERTAIN gentleman , who seems to write with a great deal of spirit , and uses
the words gallantry and gentleman - like very often in his petition , begs , that ( in
consideration of his having worn his hat for ten years past in the loyal caralier ...
A CERTAIN gentleman , who seems to write with a great deal of spirit , and uses
the words gallantry and gentleman - like very often in his petition , begs , that ( in
consideration of his having worn his hat for ten years past in the loyal caralier ...
Page 255
I HAVE often wondered to hear men of goch funfo : ' and good nature profess a
dislike to music , when at th :' fan.e time they do not scruple to own , that it has the
' molt agrecable and improving influences over thicin minds : it seems to me an ...
I HAVE often wondered to hear men of goch funfo : ' and good nature profess a
dislike to music , when at th :' fan.e time they do not scruple to own , that it has the
' molt agrecable and improving influences over thicin minds : it seems to me an ...
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| Title | “The” Spectator ... Volume 8 of “The” Spectator |
| Publisher | J. Wood, 1761 |
| Original from | National Library of Israel |
| Digitized | 9 Sep 2019 |
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