“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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Page 8
... told you , that the eye of Leonora is flily watchful while it looks negligent ; fhe looks round her without the help of the ' glaffes you speak of , and yet feems to be employed on objects directly before her . This eye is what affects ...
... told you , that the eye of Leonora is flily watchful while it looks negligent ; fhe looks round her without the help of the ' glaffes you speak of , and yet feems to be employed on objects directly before her . This eye is what affects ...
Page 38
... told a confident of hers , the has cold fits . These fits shall last her a month or fix weeks together ; and , as fhe falls into them without provocation , fo it is to be hoped fhe will return from them without the merit of new fervices ...
... told a confident of hers , the has cold fits . These fits shall last her a month or fix weeks together ; and , as fhe falls into them without provocation , fo it is to be hoped fhe will return from them without the merit of new fervices ...
Page 47
... told ⚫ it and acted in it . The good man and woman are long ⚫ fince in their graves , who ufed to fit and plot the wel- fare of us their children , while , perhaps , we were fome- times laughing at the old folks at another end of the ...
... told ⚫ it and acted in it . The good man and woman are long ⚫ fince in their graves , who ufed to fit and plot the wel- fare of us their children , while , perhaps , we were fome- times laughing at the old folks at another end of the ...
Page 65
... told in the most distinct manner , and grow out of one another in the most natural method . THE third qualification of an epic poem is its greatness . The anger of Achilles was of fuch confequence , that it embroiled the kings of Greece ...
... told in the most distinct manner , and grow out of one another in the most natural method . THE third qualification of an epic poem is its greatness . The anger of Achilles was of fuch confequence , that it embroiled the kings of Greece ...
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... told me that there was a man below defired to fpeak with me . Upon my asking her who it was , fhe told me it was a very grave elderly perfon , but that she did not know his name . I immediately went down to him , and found him to be the ...
... told me that there was a man below defired to fpeak with me . Upon my asking her who it was , fhe told me it was a very grave elderly perfon , but that she did not know his name . I immediately went down to him , and found him to be the ...
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