The SpectatorRichard Eyres, 1778 - Great Britain |
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Page 34
... appear at first hearing , I cannot but think it much more juft than that which pre- vailed in our English opera ... appear as ruddy and cherry - cheek'd as milk - maids . The thepherds are all embroider'd , and acquit them- felves in a ...
... appear at first hearing , I cannot but think it much more juft than that which pre- vailed in our English opera ... appear as ruddy and cherry - cheek'd as milk - maids . The thepherds are all embroider'd , and acquit them- felves in a ...
Page 56
... appear in a fool's coat , and commit fuch blunders and miftakes in every step they take , and every word they utter , as thofe who liften to them would be afhamed of . But this little triumph of the understanding , under the disguise of ...
... appear in a fool's coat , and commit fuch blunders and miftakes in every step they take , and every word they utter , as thofe who liften to them would be afhamed of . But this little triumph of the understanding , under the disguise of ...
Page 58
... appear only like sturdy beggars , and the heroines gipfies . We have had but one part which was performed and ... appearing in any public employment . His wifdom and knowledge are ferviceable to all that think fit to make use of them ...
... appear only like sturdy beggars , and the heroines gipfies . We have had but one part which was performed and ... appearing in any public employment . His wifdom and knowledge are ferviceable to all that think fit to make use of them ...
Page 68
... appear ridiculous when they proceed from a wrong fex , the faults and imperfections of one fex transplanted into another , appear black and monftrous . As for the men , I fhall not in this paper any further concern myfelf about them ...
... appear ridiculous when they proceed from a wrong fex , the faults and imperfections of one fex transplanted into another , appear black and monftrous . As for the men , I fhall not in this paper any further concern myfelf about them ...
Page 64
... appear- ing greater than they are , makes the whole world run into the habit of the court . You fee the lady , who the day before was as various as a rainbow , upon the time appointed for beginning to mourn , as dark as a cloud . This ...
... appear- ing greater than they are , makes the whole world run into the habit of the court . You fee the lady , who the day before was as various as a rainbow , upon the time appointed for beginning to mourn , as dark as a cloud . This ...
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