The SpectatorRichard Eyres, 1778 - Great Britain |
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Page 49
... use him as fuch , and after many steps towards fuch a cruelty , the at last utterly banished him . The un - ̈ happy lover ftrove in vain , by fervile epiftles , to revoke his doom ; till at length he was forced to the laft refuge , a ...
... use him as fuch , and after many steps towards fuch a cruelty , the at last utterly banished him . The un - ̈ happy lover ftrove in vain , by fervile epiftles , to revoke his doom ; till at length he was forced to the laft refuge , a ...
Page 69
... use of in the building of the Trojan horfe ; which is a hint I shall leave to the confideration of the critics . I am apt to think that the pofy was written originally upon the ax , like thofe which our modern cutlers in- infcribe upon ...
... use of in the building of the Trojan horfe ; which is a hint I shall leave to the confideration of the critics . I am apt to think that the pofy was written originally upon the ax , like thofe which our modern cutlers in- infcribe upon ...
Page 73
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele. • had made use of the four following rhymes , A- ' maryllis , Phillis , Marne , Arne , defiring him to give me his opinion of it . He told me imme- diately , that my verfes were good for nothing . And ...
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele. • had made use of the four following rhymes , A- ' maryllis , Phillis , Marne , Arne , defiring him to give me his opinion of it . He told me imme- diately , that my verfes were good for nothing . And ...
Page 79
... use of it in that place . The appli- poet makes her speak her fenfe of marriage very cation of wit in the theatre has as ftrong an affect ingenioufly ; " I think , " fays fhe , " I might be upon the manners of our gentlemen , as the ...
... use of it in that place . The appli- poet makes her speak her fenfe of marriage very cation of wit in the theatre has as ftrong an affect ingenioufly ; " I think , " fays fhe , " I might be upon the manners of our gentlemen , as the ...
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... use of the four following rhymes , A-. quired much time and little capacity . I have feen half the Æneid turned into Latin rhymes by one of the Beaux - Efprits of that dark age ; who fays in his preface to it , that the Æneid wanted ...
... use of the four following rhymes , A-. quired much time and little capacity . I have feen half the Æneid turned into Latin rhymes by one of the Beaux - Efprits of that dark age ; who fays in his preface to it , that the Æneid wanted ...
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