The Spectator, Volumes 1-2Dent, 1930 |
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Page 217
... Verses , or rather Feathers , every Verse decreasing gradually in its Mea sure according to its Situation in the Wing . The Subject of it ( as in the rest of the Poems which follow ) bears some remote Affinity with the Figure , for it ...
... Verses , or rather Feathers , every Verse decreasing gradually in its Mea sure according to its Situation in the Wing . The Subject of it ( as in the rest of the Poems which follow ) bears some remote Affinity with the Figure , for it ...
Page 226
... Verses to them . I do not know any greater Instance of the Decay of Wit and Learning among the French ( which generally follows the Declension of Empire ) than the endeavouring to re store this foolish Kind of Wit . If the Reader will ...
... Verses to them . I do not know any greater Instance of the Decay of Wit and Learning among the French ( which generally follows the Declension of Empire ) than the endeavouring to re store this foolish Kind of Wit . If the Reader will ...
Page 281
... Verses , has a fine romantick Situation , and affords a Couple of smooth Words for Verse . If the Reader compares the foregoing six Lines of the Song with the following Latin Verses , he will see how much they are written in the Spirit ...
... Verses , has a fine romantick Situation , and affords a Couple of smooth Words for Verse . If the Reader compares the foregoing six Lines of the Song with the following Latin Verses , he will see how much they are written in the Spirit ...
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