The Spectator, Volume 6J. and R. Tonson, 1728 |
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Page 24
... Perfection of Human Nature , and is the ftanding Example , as well as the great Guide and Inftructor , of thofe who receive his Doctrines . Though thefe two Heads cannot be too much in- fifted upon , I shall but just mention them ...
... Perfection of Human Nature , and is the ftanding Example , as well as the great Guide and Inftructor , of thofe who receive his Doctrines . Though thefe two Heads cannot be too much in- fifted upon , I shall but just mention them ...
Page 48
... Perfection , as well as for that generous Approbation he lately gave to an Opera of our own Country , in which the Compofer endeavoured to do Justice to the Beau- ty of the Words , by following that noble Exam- ple , which has been fet ...
... Perfection , as well as for that generous Approbation he lately gave to an Opera of our own Country , in which the Compofer endeavoured to do Justice to the Beau- ty of the Words , by following that noble Exam- ple , which has been fet ...
Page 61
... Nvery often recommends the fine Tafte , as the utmoft Perfection of an ac- complished Man . As this Word arifes very of- VOL . VI . F tea ten in Converfation , I fhall endeavour to give fome N ° 408. The SPECTATO R. 61.
... Nvery often recommends the fine Tafte , as the utmoft Perfection of an ac- complished Man . As this Word arifes very of- VOL . VI . F tea ten in Converfation , I fhall endeavour to give fome N ° 408. The SPECTATO R. 61.
Page 62
... Perfection , that after having tasted ten dif- ferent Kinds of Tea , he would distinguish , with- out feeing the Colour of it , the particular Sort which was offered him ; and not only fo , but any two Sorts of them that were mixt ...
... Perfection , that after having tasted ten dif- ferent Kinds of Tea , he would distinguish , with- out feeing the Colour of it , the particular Sort which was offered him ; and not only fo , but any two Sorts of them that were mixt ...
Page 64
... Perfection are whol- ly void of this . One of the most eminent Ma- thematicians of the Age has affured me , that the greatest Pleasure he took in reading Virgil , was in examining Eneas his Voyage by the Map ; as I queftion not but many ...
... Perfection are whol- ly void of this . One of the most eminent Ma- thematicians of the Age has affured me , that the greatest Pleasure he took in reading Virgil , was in examining Eneas his Voyage by the Map ; as I queftion not but many ...
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