The Spectator, Volume 3John Bell, 1776 - English essays |
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Page 128
... short , the falamander lives in an invincible state of fimpli- city and innocence : Her conftitution is preferved in a kind of natural froft ; fhe wonders what peo-- ple mean by temptations , and defies mankind to do their worft . Her ...
... short , the falamander lives in an invincible state of fimpli- city and innocence : Her conftitution is preferved in a kind of natural froft ; fhe wonders what peo-- ple mean by temptations , and defies mankind to do their worft . Her ...
Page 151
... short space the laden boughs arife , With happy fruit advancing to the skies : The mother plant admires the leaves unknown Of alien trees , and apples not her own . DRYDEN . The trunk of the tree was marked with his own name , name ...
... short space the laden boughs arife , With happy fruit advancing to the skies : The mother plant admires the leaves unknown Of alien trees , and apples not her own . DRYDEN . The trunk of the tree was marked with his own name , name ...
Page 236
... short account of Sappho fo far as it regards the following Ode , I fhall fub- join the tranflation of it as it was fent me by a friend , whofe admirable pastorals and Winter - Piece have been already fo well received . The reader will ...
... short account of Sappho fo far as it regards the following Ode , I fhall fub- join the tranflation of it as it was fent me by a friend , whofe admirable pastorals and Winter - Piece have been already fo well received . The reader will ...
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