“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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... means , when the heavens are filled with clouds , when the earth fwims in rain , and all nature wears a lowring counte- nance , I withdraw myself from these uncomfortable scenes into the vifionary worlds of art ; where I meet with fhin ...
... means , when the heavens are filled with clouds , when the earth fwims in rain , and all nature wears a lowring counte- nance , I withdraw myself from these uncomfortable scenes into the vifionary worlds of art ; where I meet with fhin ...
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... mean appearance in < the eyes of the ordinary waiters and door - keepers made them to be repulfed from other parts ... means : but the diftref- fes which arife from the many inexplicable occurrences that happen among men , the ...
... mean appearance in < the eyes of the ordinary waiters and door - keepers made them to be repulfed from other parts ... means : but the diftref- fes which arife from the many inexplicable occurrences that happen among men , the ...
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... means celebrated its fubject in a double capacity . I once met with a page of Mr Baxter under a Christmas pye . Whether or no the pastry - cook had made ufe of it through chance or waggery , for the defence of that fuperftitious viande ...
... means celebrated its fubject in a double capacity . I once met with a page of Mr Baxter under a Christmas pye . Whether or no the pastry - cook had made ufe of it through chance or waggery , for the defence of that fuperftitious viande ...
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... mean , the thoughts , as I have before faid , from one end to the other , are natural , and therefore cannot fail to please those who are not judges of language , or thofe who , not- withstanding they are judges of language , have a ...
... mean , the thoughts , as I have before faid , from one end to the other , are natural , and therefore cannot fail to please those who are not judges of language , or thofe who , not- withstanding they are judges of language , have a ...
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... mean that paffage in Horace , where he defcribes himself , when he was a child , fallen afleep in a defart wood , and covered with leaves by the turtles that took pity on him . Me fabulofe vulture in Apulo , Altricis extra limen Apulia ...
... mean that paffage in Horace , where he defcribes himself , when he was a child , fallen afleep in a defart wood , and covered with leaves by the turtles that took pity on him . Me fabulofe vulture in Apulo , Altricis extra limen Apulia ...
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