The Spectator, Volume 2Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele J. Tonson, 1724 |
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Page 159
... , for it is compofed of nine different Kinds of Verses , which by their feveral Lengths refemble the nine Stops of the old mufical Inftru- ment , ment , that is likewife the Subject of the Poem N ° 58. The SPECTATOR . Ng & . 159.
... , for it is compofed of nine different Kinds of Verses , which by their feveral Lengths refemble the nine Stops of the old mufical Inftru- ment , ment , that is likewife the Subject of the Poem N ° 58. The SPECTATOR . Ng & . 159.
Page 174
... the greater Blockhead . The Simple Acroftick is nothing but the Name or Title of a Perfon or Thing made out of the initial Letters of fe- veral Verses , and by that Means writ- ten , veral 174 The SPECTATOR . N ° 60 . bros ...
... the greater Blockhead . The Simple Acroftick is nothing but the Name or Title of a Perfon or Thing made out of the initial Letters of fe- veral Verses , and by that Means writ- ten , veral 174 The SPECTATOR . N ° 60 . bros ...
Page 175
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele. veral Verses , and by that Means writ- ten , after the Manner of the Chinese , in a perpendicular Line . But befides thefe there are Compound Acrofticks , when the principal Letters ftand two or three ...
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele. veral Verses , and by that Means writ- ten , after the Manner of the Chinese , in a perpendicular Line . But befides thefe there are Compound Acrofticks , when the principal Letters ftand two or three ...
Page 202
... Verses . The Temple was filled with Votaries , who applied themselves to different Diverfions , as their Fancies directed them . In one part of it I faw a Regiment of Anagrams , who were continually in Motion , turning to the Right or ...
... Verses . The Temple was filled with Votaries , who applied themselves to different Diverfions , as their Fancies directed them . In one part of it I faw a Regiment of Anagrams , who were continually in Motion , turning to the Right or ...
Page 258
... have had his Eye upon Turnus's Speech in the last Verse , Lord Piercy fees my Fall Vicifti , & victum tendere palmas Aufonii videre- EARL Piercy's -Vi 258 The SPECTATOR . N ° 70 . Times, is no more than a chearful ...
... have had his Eye upon Turnus's Speech in the last Verse , Lord Piercy fees my Fall Vicifti , & victum tendere palmas Aufonii videre- EARL Piercy's -Vi 258 The SPECTATOR . N ° 70 . Times, is no more than a chearful ...
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