The Spectator, Volume 5J. Tonson, 1729 - English essays |
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Page 19
... still feveral Nations in the World fo very barba- rous as not to have any Looking - Glaffes among them ; and that he had lately read a Voyage to the South - Sea , in which it is faid , that the Ladies of Chili always dress their Heads ...
... still feveral Nations in the World fo very barba- rous as not to have any Looking - Glaffes among them ; and that he had lately read a Voyage to the South - Sea , in which it is faid , that the Ladies of Chili always dress their Heads ...
Page 28
... still , in conformity with the Cherubims , whom they accompanied , THERE is no question but Milton had this Circum- ftance in his Thoughts , becaufe in the following Book he defcribes the Chariot of the Meffiah with living Wheels ...
... still , in conformity with the Cherubims , whom they accompanied , THERE is no question but Milton had this Circum- ftance in his Thoughts , becaufe in the following Book he defcribes the Chariot of the Meffiah with living Wheels ...
Page 81
... still that distance keeps Till Night ; then in the East her turn she shines , Revolv'd on Heav'n's great Axle , and her Reign With thousand leffer Lights dividual holds , With thousand thousand Stars ! that then appear'd Spangling the ...
... still that distance keeps Till Night ; then in the East her turn she shines , Revolv'd on Heav'n's great Axle , and her Reign With thousand leffer Lights dividual holds , With thousand thousand Stars ! that then appear'd Spangling the ...
Page 94
... still retain my Memory , and be conscious that I was the fame Perfon who lived in different Animals . This he told me was within his Power , and accordingly promised on the word of a Dæmon that he would grant me what I de- fired . From ...
... still retain my Memory , and be conscious that I was the fame Perfon who lived in different Animals . This he told me was within his Power , and accordingly promised on the word of a Dæmon that he would grant me what I de- fired . From ...
Page 123
... still talked of among his Contemporaries . THE Story of Eneas , on which Virgil founded his Poem , was likewife very bare of Circumstances , and by that means afforded him an Opportunity of embellishing it with Fiction , and giving a ...
... still talked of among his Contemporaries . THE Story of Eneas , on which Virgil founded his Poem , was likewife very bare of Circumstances , and by that means afforded him an Opportunity of embellishing it with Fiction , and giving a ...
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