“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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... virtue reverence attends , But fenfual pleafure in our ruin ends . C HEN I confider the falfe impreffions which are re- Wceived by the generality of the world , I am troubled at none more than a certain levity of thought , which many ...
... virtue reverence attends , But fenfual pleafure in our ruin ends . C HEN I confider the falfe impreffions which are re- Wceived by the generality of the world , I am troubled at none more than a certain levity of thought , which many ...
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... virtues are not obfcured by the ignorance , prejudice or envy of their beholders ! Some men cannot difcern between a noble and a mean action ; others are apt to attribute them to fome falfe end or intention ; and o- thers purposely ...
... virtues are not obfcured by the ignorance , prejudice or envy of their beholders ! Some men cannot difcern between a noble and a mean action ; others are apt to attribute them to fome falfe end or intention ; and o- thers purposely ...
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... virtue , without any regard to our good or ill opinions of him , to our reproach- es or commendations : as , on the contrary , it is ufual for us , when we would take off from the fame and reputation of an action , to afcribe it to vain ...
... virtue , without any regard to our good or ill opinions of him , to our reproach- es or commendations : as , on the contrary , it is ufual for us , when we would take off from the fame and reputation of an action , to afcribe it to vain ...
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... virtues ? WE may further obferve , that fuch a man will be more grieved for the lofs of fame , than he could have been pleafed with the enjoyment of it . For tho ' the prefence of this imaginary good cannot make us happy , the absence ...
... virtues ? WE may further obferve , that fuch a man will be more grieved for the lofs of fame , than he could have been pleafed with the enjoyment of it . For tho ' the prefence of this imaginary good cannot make us happy , the absence ...
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... virtues , which in their own nature are uncapable of any outward reprefentation ; many filent perfections in the ... virtue requires time and place , a proper object and a fit conjuncture of cir- cumftances for the due exercife of it ...
... virtues , which in their own nature are uncapable of any outward reprefentation ; many filent perfections in the ... virtue requires time and place , a proper object and a fit conjuncture of cir- cumftances for the due exercife of it ...
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action Æneid affembly againſt agreeable alfo anfwer beauty becauſe befides beſt cafe character circumftances confideration converfation defcribed defcription defign defire difcourfe diſcover drefs Enville fable faid falutation fame fecond feems feen felf fenfe fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide filks fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpeak fpeech fpirit ftate fubject fuch fuppofe give greateſt happineſs herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe humble fervant Iliad itſelf kind lady laft laſt lefs likewife look mankind manner marriage Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion Ovid paffage paffed paffion particular perfon pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poffible praiſe prefent racter raiſe reader reafon reprefented ſeveral ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR ſtate ſtill thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion underſtand uſe Virgil virtue whofe woman