The Spectator. ...John Bell, 1776 |
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Page 239
... seem- ing objects of pity . In short , I have feen more eloquence in a Look from one of those despicable creatures , than in the Eye of the fairest She I ever faw , yet no one a greater admirer of that sex ⚫ than myself . What I have ...
... seem- ing objects of pity . In short , I have feen more eloquence in a Look from one of those despicable creatures , than in the Eye of the fairest She I ever faw , yet no one a greater admirer of that sex ⚫ than myself . What I have ...
Page 312
... seems • very well adapted to a poetical genius : It is the making of Grottos . I know a Lady who has a very beautiful one , compofed by herself , nor is there one hell in it not ftuck up by her own hands . I here send you a poem to the ...
... seems • very well adapted to a poetical genius : It is the making of Grottos . I know a Lady who has a very beautiful one , compofed by herself , nor is there one hell in it not ftuck up by her own hands . I here send you a poem to the ...
Page 317
... seems , that the latter part of his judgment adds great weight to his opinion of St. Paul's abilities , fince , under all the prejudice of opinions directly oppo- fite , he is constrained to acknowledge the merit of that Apoftle . And ...
... seems , that the latter part of his judgment adds great weight to his opinion of St. Paul's abilities , fince , under all the prejudice of opinions directly oppo- fite , he is constrained to acknowledge the merit of that Apoftle . And ...
Page 321
... seems to have gained him the most votes , and beft place in the whole affembly . Marcus Aurelius , being after- wards afked to explain himfelf , declares , that , by imitating the gods , he endeavoured to imitate them in the use of his ...
... seems to have gained him the most votes , and beft place in the whole affembly . Marcus Aurelius , being after- wards afked to explain himfelf , declares , that , by imitating the gods , he endeavoured to imitate them in the use of his ...
Page 324
... seems not unacquainted with the general laws that govern it ; and while , with the tranfport of a philofopher he beholds and admires the glorious work , he is capa- ble of paying at once a more devout and more ra- tional homage to his ...
... seems not unacquainted with the general laws that govern it ; and while , with the tranfport of a philofopher he beholds and admires the glorious work , he is capa- ble of paying at once a more devout and more ra- tional homage to his ...
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