The Spectator, Volume 6J. and R. Tonson, 1728 |
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Page 15
... meet with in Hiftories , make a deeper Impreffion on the Mind of the Rea- der , than the most laboured Strokes in a well written Tragedy . Truth and Matter of Fact fets the Perfon actually before us in the one , whom Fiction places at a ...
... meet with in Hiftories , make a deeper Impreffion on the Mind of the Rea- der , than the most laboured Strokes in a well written Tragedy . Truth and Matter of Fact fets the Perfon actually before us in the one , whom Fiction places at a ...
Page 35
... meet your Eyes , after what has pafs'd , I flatter my felf , that amidst all their Confufion you will discover fuch a Tenderness in mine , " as none can imitate but thofe who love . Ifhall be all this Month at Lady D -'s in the Country ...
... meet your Eyes , after what has pafs'd , I flatter my felf , that amidst all their Confufion you will discover fuch a Tenderness in mine , " as none can imitate but thofe who love . Ifhall be all this Month at Lady D -'s in the Country ...
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... meet with in the World , is generally owing to the imperti- nent Affectation of excelling in Characters Men are not fit for , and for which Nature never de- figned them . EVERY Man has one or more Qualities which may make him useful ...
... meet with in the World , is generally owing to the imperti- nent Affectation of excelling in Characters Men are not fit for , and for which Nature never de- figned them . EVERY Man has one or more Qualities which may make him useful ...
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meet with Excellent Words , and , at the fame time , a wonderful Variety of them . There is no Paffion that is not finely expreffed in thofe Parts of the inspired Writings , which are proper for Divine Songs and Anthems . THERE is a ...
meet with Excellent Words , and , at the fame time , a wonderful Variety of them . There is no Paffion that is not finely expreffed in thofe Parts of the inspired Writings , which are proper for Divine Songs and Anthems . THERE is a ...
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