The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
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... tion , a reúned ard learned nation , fhould fubmit to learn theis . In a word , Mr. Spectator , with all deference and humility , we hope to behave ourselves < < · < < " > < 4 < ' in in this undertaking in fuch a manner , that all 36 N ...
... tion , a reúned ard learned nation , fhould fubmit to learn theis . In a word , Mr. Spectator , with all deference and humility , we hope to behave ourselves < < · < < " > < 4 < ' in in this undertaking in fuch a manner , that all 36 N ...
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... tion of my life . But how is it , Sir , that my appetites are increafed upon me with the lofs of power to gratify them ? I write this , like a criminal , to warn people to enter upon what reformation they pleafe to make in themselves in ...
... tion of my life . But how is it , Sir , that my appetites are increafed upon me with the lofs of power to gratify them ? I write this , like a criminal , to warn people to enter upon what reformation they pleafe to make in themselves in ...
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of very late years , I should have no one great fatisfaç tion left ; but if I live to the 10th of March , 1714 , and all my fecurities are good , I fhall , be worth fifty- thousand pound , • I am , Sir , • Your most humbie fervant ...
of very late years , I should have no one great fatisfaç tion left ; but if I live to the 10th of March , 1714 , and all my fecurities are good , I fhall , be worth fifty- thousand pound , • I am , Sir , • Your most humbie fervant ...
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... tion fhould have three qualifications in it . First , it fhould be but one action . Secondly , it should be an entire action ; and , thirdly , it should be a great action . To confider the action of the Iliad , Æneid , and Paradise Loft ...
... tion fhould have three qualifications in it . First , it fhould be but one action . Secondly , it should be an entire action ; and , thirdly , it should be a great action . To confider the action of the Iliad , Æneid , and Paradise Loft ...
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... tion of the world , which would have intirely destroyed the unity of his principal action , had he related them in the fame order they happened , he caft them into the fifth , fixth , and feventh books , by way of epifode to this noble ...
... tion of the world , which would have intirely destroyed the unity of his principal action , had he related them in the fame order they happened , he caft them into the fifth , fixth , and feventh books , by way of epifode to this noble ...
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action Æneid agreeable alfo anfwer beauty becauſe befides behaviour cafe character circumftances confideration converfation correfpondents defcribed defign defire difcourfe difcover drefs Enville fable faid falutation fame fecond feems feen fenfe fent fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould filks fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpeak fpeech fpirit ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuppofe give greateſt herſelf himſelf honour houfe humble fervant huſband ibid Iliad itſelf juft kind lady laft laſt lefs likewife Loft look mafter mankind manner marriage Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion ourſelves Ovid paffage paffed paffion Paradife particular perfon pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poffible prefent racter raiſe reader reafon reflexion reprefented ſhall ſhe Spectator thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion underſtand uſe Virgil virtue whofe woman