The Spectator, Volume 5J. Tonson, 1729 - English essays |
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Page 24
... Imagination came down to the Corner of a Venifon Pafty , and brought her once even upon her Knees to gnaw off the Ears of a Pig from the Spit . The Gratifications of her Palate were eafily pre- ferred to thofe of her Vanity ; and ...
... Imagination came down to the Corner of a Venifon Pafty , and brought her once even upon her Knees to gnaw off the Ears of a Pig from the Spit . The Gratifications of her Palate were eafily pre- ferred to thofe of her Vanity ; and ...
Page 27
... Imagination . Other vain Sentiments of the fame kind in this Relation of her Dream , will be obvious to every Reader . Tho ' the Catastrophe of the Poem is finely pre- fag'd on this Occafion , the Particulars of it are fo artfully ...
... Imagination . Other vain Sentiments of the fame kind in this Relation of her Dream , will be obvious to every Reader . Tho ' the Catastrophe of the Poem is finely pre- fag'd on this Occafion , the Particulars of it are fo artfully ...
Page 29
... Imaginations in the Defcription of Angels : But I do not remember to have met with any fo finely drawn , and fo conformable to the Notions which are given of them in Scripture , as this in Milton . After having fet him forth in all his ...
... Imaginations in the Defcription of Angels : But I do not remember to have met with any fo finely drawn , and fo conformable to the Notions which are given of them in Scripture , as this in Milton . After having fet him forth in all his ...
Page 49
... Imagination was fo inflam'd with this great Scene of Action , that where- ever he fpeaks of it , he rifes , if poffible , above himfelf , Thus where he mentions Satan in the beginning of his Poem : Him the Almighty Power Hurl'd headlong ...
... Imagination was fo inflam'd with this great Scene of Action , that where- ever he fpeaks of it , he rifes , if poffible , above himfelf , Thus where he mentions Satan in the beginning of his Poem : Him the Almighty Power Hurl'd headlong ...
Page 50
... Imagination , to fill this Battel with fuch Circumftances as should raise and astonish the Mind of the Reader ; and at the fame time an Exactness of Judgment , to avoid every thing that might appear light or trivial . Thofe who look ...
... Imagination , to fill this Battel with fuch Circumftances as should raise and astonish the Mind of the Reader ; and at the fame time an Exactness of Judgment , to avoid every thing that might appear light or trivial . Thofe who look ...
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