The Spectator, Volume 2Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele J. Tonson, 1724 |
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... speak . The ordinary Method of making a He- ro , is to clap a huge Plume of Feathers upon his Head , which rifes fo very high , that there is often a greater Length from his Chin to the Top of his Head , than to the Sole of his Foot ...
... speak . The ordinary Method of making a He- ro , is to clap a huge Plume of Feathers upon his Head , which rifes fo very high , that there is often a greater Length from his Chin to the Top of his Head , than to the Sole of his Foot ...
Page 37
... speaking of to infpire us with a great Idea of the Perfons introduced upon the Stage . In fhort , I would have our Conceptions raised by the Dignity of Thought and Sublimity of Expreffion , rather than by a Train of Robes or a Plume of ...
... speaking of to infpire us with a great Idea of the Perfons introduced upon the Stage . In fhort , I would have our Conceptions raised by the Dignity of Thought and Sublimity of Expreffion , rather than by a Train of Robes or a Plume of ...
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... speak to thee . I'll call thee Hamlet , King , Father , Royal Dane : Ob ! oh ! answer me , Let me not burst in Ignorance ; but tell Why thy canoniz'd Bones , hearsed in Death , Have burst their Cearments ? Why the Sepulchre , Wherein we ...
... speak to thee . I'll call thee Hamlet , King , Father , Royal Dane : Ob ! oh ! answer me , Let me not burst in Ignorance ; but tell Why thy canoniz'd Bones , hearsed in Death , Have burst their Cearments ? Why the Sepulchre , Wherein we ...
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... speak in a more Philofophical Language , That se- cret Elation and Pride of Heart which is generally called Laughter , arifes in- him from his comparing himself with an Object below him , whether it fo happens that it be a Natural or an ...
... speak in a more Philofophical Language , That se- cret Elation and Pride of Heart which is generally called Laughter , arifes in- him from his comparing himself with an Object below him , whether it fo happens that it be a Natural or an ...
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... speaking of his ' Mistress , cries out -Oh that Harri- ot ! to fold thefe Arms about the Wafte of that beauteous , ftruggling , and at laft yielding Fair ! Such an Image as this ought , by no means , to be presented to a chafte and ...
... speaking of his ' Mistress , cries out -Oh that Harri- ot ! to fold thefe Arms about the Wafte of that beauteous , ftruggling , and at laft yielding Fair ! Such an Image as this ought , by no means , to be presented to a chafte and ...
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