The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
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Page 31
... virtues are only feen in affliction , and fome in profperity ; fome in a private , and others in a public capacity . But the great Sovereign of the world beholds every perfection in its obfcurity , and not only fees what we do , but ...
... virtues are only feen in affliction , and fome in profperity ; fome in a private , and others in a public capacity . But the great Sovereign of the world beholds every perfection in its obfcurity , and not only fees what we do , but ...
Page 32
... virtue in the foul , and keeps a watchful eye over it in all its progrefs , until it has received every grace it is capable of , and appears in its full beauty and per- fection . Thus we fee that none but the fupreme Being can efteem us ...
... virtue in the foul , and keeps a watchful eye over it in all its progrefs , until it has received every grace it is capable of , and appears in its full beauty and per- fection . Thus we fee that none but the fupreme Being can efteem us ...
Page 45
... virtue and good fenfe , an agreeable friend ; love and conftancy , a good wife or husband . Where we meet one perfon with all these ac- complishments , we find an hundred without any one of them . The world , notwithstanding , is more ...
... virtue and good fenfe , an agreeable friend ; love and conftancy , a good wife or husband . Where we meet one perfon with all these ac- complishments , we find an hundred without any one of them . The world , notwithstanding , is more ...
Page 46
... virtue . N ° 262 Monday , December 31 . Nulla venenato littera mifta joco eft . Satirical reflexions I avoid . Ovid . Trift . 1. 2. v . 566 . 1 Think myself highly obliged to the public for their kind acceptance of a paper which vifits ...
... virtue . N ° 262 Monday , December 31 . Nulla venenato littera mifta joco eft . Satirical reflexions I avoid . Ovid . Trift . 1. 2. v . 566 . 1 Think myself highly obliged to the public for their kind acceptance of a paper which vifits ...
Page 47
... virtue and morality , than ever I expected , or indeed could hope . When I broke loofe from that great body of writers who have employed their wit and parts in propagating vice and irreligion , I did not queftion but I fhould be treated ...
... virtue and morality , than ever I expected , or indeed could hope . When I broke loofe from that great body of writers who have employed their wit and parts in propagating vice and irreligion , I did not queftion but I fhould be treated ...
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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