The Spectator, Volume 2Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele J. Tonson, 1724 |
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... those , who are be- wildered , the Way which leads to their Profperity and Welfare . A gene- rous Concern for Your Country , and a Paffion for every thing which is truly A 4 Great Great and Noble , are what actuate all Your Life The ...
... those , who are be- wildered , the Way which leads to their Profperity and Welfare . A gene- rous Concern for Your Country , and a Paffion for every thing which is truly A 4 Great Great and Noble , are what actuate all Your Life The ...
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... those of Corneille and Racine , tho ' the Expreffions are very great , it is the Thought that bears them up and fwells them . For my own part , I pre- fer a noble Sentiment that is depressed with homely Language , infinitely be- fore a ...
... those of Corneille and Racine , tho ' the Expreffions are very great , it is the Thought that bears them up and fwells them . For my own part , I pre- fer a noble Sentiment that is depressed with homely Language , infinitely be- fore a ...
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... those of any other Poet , he has little Pomp , but great Force in his Expreffi ons . For which Reafon , tho ' he has admirably fucceeded in the tender and melting Part of his Tragedies , he fome- times falls into too great a Familiarity ...
... those of any other Poet , he has little Pomp , but great Force in his Expreffi ons . For which Reafon , tho ' he has admirably fucceeded in the tender and melting Part of his Tragedies , he fome- times falls into too great a Familiarity ...
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... those which ended unhap- pily had always pleafed the People , and carried away the Prize in the publick Difputes of the Stage , from thofe that ended happily . Terror and Commife- bration leave a pleafing Anguish in the Mind , and fix ...
... those which ended unhap- pily had always pleafed the People , and carried away the Prize in the publick Difputes of the Stage , from thofe that ended happily . Terror and Commife- bration leave a pleafing Anguish in the Mind , and fix ...
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... those which are made use of to infpire us with magnifi- . cent Ideas of the Perfons that 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 ...
... those which are made use of to infpire us with magnifi- . cent Ideas of the Perfons that 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 ...
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