The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory Notes ...Bosworth, 1854 |
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... OVID . EP . iv . 10 . Love bade me write . THE following letters are written with such an air of sincerity that I cannot deny the inserting of them.- VOL II . L " MR . SPECTATOR , " THOUGH you are every No. 199. ] 145 THE SPECTATOR .
... OVID . EP . iv . 10 . Love bade me write . THE following letters are written with such an air of sincerity that I cannot deny the inserting of them.- VOL II . L " MR . SPECTATOR , " THOUGH you are every No. 199. ] 145 THE SPECTATOR .
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... OVID . DE . PONTO , Ingenuous arts , where they an entrance find , Soften the manners , and subdue the mind . ix . 47 . I CONSIDER a human soul without education like marble in the quarry , which shews none of its inherent beauties ...
... OVID . DE . PONTO , Ingenuous arts , where they an entrance find , Soften the manners , and subdue the mind . ix . 47 . I CONSIDER a human soul without education like marble in the quarry , which shews none of its inherent beauties ...
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... OVID , DE Art . Am . l . iii . 7 . But some exclaim - What frenzy rules your mind ? Would you increase the craft of womankind ; Teach them new wiles and arts ? As well you may Instruct a snake to bite , or wolf to prey . CONGREVE . ONE ...
... OVID , DE Art . Am . l . iii . 7 . But some exclaim - What frenzy rules your mind ? Would you increase the craft of womankind ; Teach them new wiles and arts ? As well you may Instruct a snake to bite , or wolf to prey . CONGREVE . ONE ...
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