The Spectator, Volume 3J.M. Dent & Company, 1925 |
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... Circumstances , it is a very good one if it be true : But as for the following Relation , I should be glad were I sure it were false . It is told with such Simplicity , and there are so many artless Touches of Distress in it , that I ...
... Circumstances , it is a very good one if it be true : But as for the following Relation , I should be glad were I sure it were false . It is told with such Simplicity , and there are so many artless Touches of Distress in it , that I ...
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... Circumstance , the First Part of the Fifth Book . Adam upon his Awaking finds Eve still asleep , with an unusual Discomposure in her Looks . The Posture in which he regards her , is described with a Tenderness not to be express'd , as ...
... Circumstance , the First Part of the Fifth Book . Adam upon his Awaking finds Eve still asleep , with an unusual Discomposure in her Looks . The Posture in which he regards her , is described with a Tenderness not to be express'd , as ...
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... Circumstances that are marvellous and astonishing , he describes the Gate of Heaven as framed after such a Manner , that it open'd of it self upon the Approach of the Angel who was to pass through it . ' till at the gate Of Heav'n arriv ...
... Circumstances that are marvellous and astonishing , he describes the Gate of Heaven as framed after such a Manner , that it open'd of it self upon the Approach of the Angel who was to pass through it . ' till at the gate Of Heav'n arriv ...
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... the Earth , the Poet concludes his Description with a Circumstance , which is altogether new , and imagined with the greatest Strength of Fancy , -Like Maia's Son he stood And shook his plumes , Like 24 THE SPECTATOR.
... the Earth , the Poet concludes his Description with a Circumstance , which is altogether new , and imagined with the greatest Strength of Fancy , -Like Maia's Son he stood And shook his plumes , Like 24 THE SPECTATOR.
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... Circumstances which deserve to be admired . Raphael's Behaviour is every Way suitable to the Dignity of his Nature , and to that Character of a sociable Spirit , with which the Author has so judiciously intro- duced him . He had ...
... Circumstances which deserve to be admired . Raphael's Behaviour is every Way suitable to the Dignity of his Nature , and to that Character of a sociable Spirit , with which the Author has so judiciously intro- duced him . He had ...
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