The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
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Page 115
... also fuch as are mean and vulgar . Homer has opened a great field of raillery to men of more delicacy than greatnefs of ge- nius , by the homeliness of fome of his fentiments . But , as I have before faid , thefe are rather to be ...
... also fuch as are mean and vulgar . Homer has opened a great field of raillery to men of more delicacy than greatnefs of ge- nius , by the homeliness of fome of his fentiments . But , as I have before faid , thefe are rather to be ...
Page 129
... also attain- able by perfons of the meaneft capacities . The famous De Wit , one of the greatest statesmen of the age in which he lived , being asked by a friend , how he was able to dispatch that multitude of affairs in which he was ...
... also attain- able by perfons of the meaneft capacities . The famous De Wit , one of the greatest statesmen of the age in which he lived , being asked by a friend , how he was able to dispatch that multitude of affairs in which he was ...
Page 137
... also elevated and fublime . Milton has but few failings in this kind , of which , however , you may meet with fome inftances , as in the following paffages . Embrios . Embrios and idiots , eremites and friers White , N ° 285 137 THE ...
... also elevated and fublime . Milton has but few failings in this kind , of which , however , you may meet with fome inftances , as in the following paffages . Embrios . Embrios and idiots , eremites and friers White , N ° 285 137 THE ...
Page 162
... also a clear and logical head . With- out this talent he is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his own blunders , mistakes the sense of those he would confute , or , if he chances to think right , does not know how to convey his ...
... also a clear and logical head . With- out this talent he is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his own blunders , mistakes the sense of those he would confute , or , if he chances to think right , does not know how to convey his ...
Page 218
... also that it may animate others to follow his example . I know not one motive relating to this life which would produce fo many honourable and worthy actions , as the hopes of obtaining a woman of merit : there would ten thousand ways ...
... also that it may animate others to follow his example . I know not one motive relating to this life which would produce fo many honourable and worthy actions , as the hopes of obtaining a woman of merit : there would ten thousand ways ...
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