The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 49
... first clafs .I fhall take notice of those which come to me from eminent bookfellers , who every one of them mention with refpect the authors they have printed , and confequently have an eye to their own advantage more than that of the ...
... first clafs .I fhall take notice of those which come to me from eminent bookfellers , who every one of them mention with refpect the authors they have printed , and confequently have an eye to their own advantage more than that of the ...
Page 84
... first qua- lity ufed to pass away whole mornings at a puppet - fhow : That they attefted their principles by their patches : That an audience would fit out an evening to hear a drama- tical performance written in a language which they ...
... first qua- lity ufed to pass away whole mornings at a puppet - fhow : That they attefted their principles by their patches : That an audience would fit out an evening to hear a drama- tical performance written in a language which they ...
Page 86
... first week . The next motion is that of unfurling the fan , in` which are comprehended several little firts and vibra- tions , as alfo gradual and deliberate openings , with many voluntary fallings afunder in the fan itself , that are ...
... first week . The next motion is that of unfurling the fan , in` which are comprehended several little firts and vibra- tions , as alfo gradual and deliberate openings , with many voluntary fallings afunder in the fan itself , that are ...
Page 89
... first volume of the late archbishop's pofthumous works . I do not know that I ever read any thing that pleased me more , and as it is the praife of Longinus , that he fpeaks of the fublime in a ftile fuitable to it , fo one may fay of ...
... first volume of the late archbishop's pofthumous works . I do not know that I ever read any thing that pleased me more , and as it is the praife of Longinus , that he fpeaks of the fublime in a ftile fuitable to it , fo one may fay of ...
Page 90
· · · 6 · " phrafe in fashion , and would hardly at first believe at what a low rate the higheft ftrains and expreffions of kindness imaginable do commonly pafs in current pay- ment : and when he fhould come to understand it , it would ...
· · · 6 · " phrafe in fashion , and would hardly at first believe at what a low rate the higheft ftrains and expreffions of kindness imaginable do commonly pafs in current pay- ment : and when he fhould come to understand it , it would ...
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