The Spectator, Volume 5Alexander Chalmers D. Appleton, 1853 |
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... the most rude uncultivated parts of nature administer to his pleasures : so that he looks upon the world as it were in another light , and dis- covers in it a multitude of charms that conceal them- No. 411. ] 31 THE SPECTATOR .
... the most rude uncultivated parts of nature administer to his pleasures : so that he looks upon the world as it were in another light , and dis- covers in it a multitude of charms that conceal them- No. 411. ] 31 THE SPECTATOR .
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... looks like a restraint upon it , and is apt to fancy itself under a sort of confinement , when the sight is pent up in a narrow compass , and short- ened on every side by the neighbourhood of walls or mountains . On the contrary , a ...
... looks like a restraint upon it , and is apt to fancy itself under a sort of confinement , when the sight is pent up in a narrow compass , and short- ened on every side by the neighbourhood of walls or mountains . On the contrary , a ...
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... look upon , but never so much as in the opening of the spring , when they are all new and fresh , with their first gloss upon them , and not yet too much accustomed and familiar to the eye . For this reason , there is nothing that more ...
... look upon , but never so much as in the opening of the spring , when they are all new and fresh , with their first gloss upon them , and not yet too much accustomed and familiar to the eye . For this reason , there is nothing that more ...
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... look carefully into the powers of fancy , that other men , from the knowledge of them , may improve their joys , and allay their griefs , by a just use of that faculty . I say , Sir , I would not interrupt you in the progress of this ...
... look carefully into the powers of fancy , that other men , from the knowledge of them , may improve their joys , and allay their griefs , by a just use of that faculty . I say , Sir , I would not interrupt you in the progress of this ...
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... look upon a tree in all its luxuriancy and diffusion of boughs and branches , rather than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure ; and cannot but fancy that an orchard in flower looks infinitely more delightful than ...
... look upon a tree in all its luxuriancy and diffusion of boughs and branches , rather than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure ; and cannot but fancy that an orchard in flower looks infinitely more delightful than ...
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