The Spectator, Volume 5George Atherton Aitken G. Routledge, 1898 - English essays |
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Page 60
... perfection of imagination in one more than in another , or from the different ideas that several readers affix to the same words . For to have a true relish and form a right judgment of a description a man should be born with a good ...
... perfection of imagination in one more than in another , or from the different ideas that several readers affix to the same words . For to have a true relish and form a right judgment of a description a man should be born with a good ...
Page 98
... perfection in the hermetic art , and initiated his son Alexandrinus in the same mys- teries but as you know they are not to be attained but by the painful , the pious , the chaste and pure of heart , Basilius did not open to him ...
... perfection in the hermetic art , and initiated his son Alexandrinus in the same mys- teries but as you know they are not to be attained but by the painful , the pious , the chaste and pure of heart , Basilius did not open to him ...
Page 125
... perfection , as such an one the tall ' , such an one the stocky 1 ' , such an one ' the gruff . Their public debates were generally managed with kicks and cuffs , insomuch that they often came from the council table with broken shins ...
... perfection , as such an one the tall ' , such an one the stocky 1 ' , such an one ' the gruff . Their public debates were generally managed with kicks and cuffs , insomuch that they often came from the council table with broken shins ...
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