The SpectatorRichard Eyres, 1778 - Great Britain |
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Page 50
... told , that an ancient tragic poet , to move the pity of his audience for his exiled kings and diftreffed heroes , ufed to make the actors re- prefent them in dreffes and clothes , that were thread - bare and decayed . This artifice for ...
... told , that an ancient tragic poet , to move the pity of his audience for his exiled kings and diftreffed heroes , ufed to make the actors re- prefent them in dreffes and clothes , that were thread - bare and decayed . This artifice for ...
Page 58
... told them , if they would move compaffion , it should be in their own perfons , and not in the characters of diftreffed princes • and potentates : he told them , if they were fo good at finding the way to people's hearts , they fhould ...
... told them , if they would move compaffion , it should be in their own perfons , and not in the characters of diftreffed princes • and potentates : he told them , if they were fo good at finding the way to people's hearts , they fhould ...
Page 69
... told her , That if he was in Mr. Truelove's place , for that was the name of her husband , he should be made as uneafy by a handkerchief as ever Othello was . " I am ❝ afraid , " said he , " Mr. Honeycomb , you are a " Tory ; tell me ...
... told her , That if he was in Mr. Truelove's place , for that was the name of her husband , he should be made as uneafy by a handkerchief as ever Othello was . " I am ❝ afraid , " said he , " Mr. Honeycomb , you are a " Tory ; tell me ...
Page 72
... told him , to his infinite furprise , that he had mifta- ken her furname , for that it was not Boon but Bohun . Effufus labor- Ibi omnis The lover was thunder - ftruck with his misfortune infomuch that in a little time after he lost his ...
... told him , to his infinite furprise , that he had mifta- ken her furname , for that it was not Boon but Bohun . Effufus labor- Ibi omnis The lover was thunder - ftruck with his misfortune infomuch that in a little time after he lost his ...
Page 73
... told me imme- diately , that my verfes were good for nothing . And upon my asking his reafon , he faid , because the rhymes are too common ; and for that rea- fon eafy to be put into verfe . Marry , fays I , if it be fo , I am very well ...
... told me imme- diately , that my verfes were good for nothing . And upon my asking his reafon , he faid , because the rhymes are too common ; and for that rea- fon eafy to be put into verfe . Marry , fays I , if it be fo , I am very well ...
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