The Spectator, Volume 2Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele J. Tonson, 1724 |
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... Break in the Line , and turning the Defcription of his manner of Talking into an Admira- tion of it , is inexpreffibly Beautiful , and won- wonderfully fuited to the fond Character of the Perfon that N ° 39. The SPECTATOR . 17.
... Break in the Line , and turning the Defcription of his manner of Talking into an Admira- tion of it , is inexpreffibly Beautiful , and won- wonderfully fuited to the fond Character of the Perfon that N ° 39. The SPECTATOR . 17.
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Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele. wonderfully fuited to the fond Character of the Perfon that fpeaks it . There is a Simplicity in the Words , that out- . fhines the utmost OTWAY of Expreffion . followed Nature in the ... Character ...
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele. wonderfully fuited to the fond Character of the Perfon that fpeaks it . There is a Simplicity in the Words , that out- . fhines the utmost OTWAY of Expreffion . followed Nature in the ... Character ...
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... Characters . Sometimes the Wit of the Scene lies in a Shoulder- Belt , and fometimes in a Pair of Whif kers . A Lover running about the Stage , with his Head peeping out of a Barrel , was thought a very good Jeft in King Charles the ...
... Characters . Sometimes the Wit of the Scene lies in a Shoulder- Belt , and fometimes in a Pair of Whif kers . A Lover running about the Stage , with his Head peeping out of a Barrel , was thought a very good Jeft in King Charles the ...
Page 78
... Characters be much wi- fer Men than our felves ; but if they would have us laugh at them , they muft fall fhort of us ... Character , or in the Representation which he makes of o- thers ; and that when we laugh atas Brute or even at an ...
... Characters be much wi- fer Men than our felves ; but if they would have us laugh at them , they muft fall fhort of us ... Character , or in the Representation which he makes of o- thers ; and that when we laugh atas Brute or even at an ...
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... Character . A ftupid Butt is only fit for the Converfation of ordinary People : Men of Wit require one that will give them Play , and beftir himself in the ab- furd Part of his Behaviour . A Butt with these Accomplishments frequently ...
... Character . A ftupid Butt is only fit for the Converfation of ordinary People : Men of Wit require one that will give them Play , and beftir himself in the ab- furd Part of his Behaviour . A Butt with these Accomplishments frequently ...
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