The Spectator, Volume 6J. and R. Tonson, 1728 |
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... Elegance in all the Modern as well as Ancient Languages , was a happy and proper Member of a Mini- ftry , by whofe Services Your Sovereign and ( and Country are in fo high and flou . The Dedication . this Prefumption; but the Juftice I, ...
... Elegance in all the Modern as well as Ancient Languages , was a happy and proper Member of a Mini- ftry , by whofe Services Your Sovereign and ( and Country are in fo high and flou . The Dedication . this Prefumption; but the Juftice I, ...
Page 46
... proper for it , which are as abfolutely neceffary to the Formation of any moral or intellectual Excellence , as they are to the Being and Growth of Plants ; and I know not by what Fate and Folly it is , that Men are taught not to reckon ...
... proper for it , which are as abfolutely neceffary to the Formation of any moral or intellectual Excellence , as they are to the Being and Growth of Plants ; and I know not by what Fate and Folly it is , that Men are taught not to reckon ...
Page 48
... proper Sphere as Tully was in his , and should in a very fhort Time find Impertinence and Affectation banished from a- mong the Women , and Coxcombs and falfe Cha --- racters from among the Men . For my Part , I could never confider ...
... proper Sphere as Tully was in his , and should in a very fhort Time find Impertinence and Affectation banished from a- mong the Women , and Coxcombs and falfe Cha --- racters from among the Men . For my Part , I could never confider ...
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... proper for Divine Songs and Anthems . THERE is a certain Coldness and Indifference in the Phrafes of our European Languages , when they are compared with the Oriental Forms of Speech ; and it happens very luckily , that the He- brew ...
... proper for Divine Songs and Anthems . THERE is a certain Coldness and Indifference in the Phrafes of our European Languages , when they are compared with the Oriental Forms of Speech ; and it happens very luckily , that the He- brew ...
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... is reprefented as lifting up both his Arms , and pouring out the Thunder of his Rhetorick amidft an Audience of Pagan Philofophers . It is certain , that proper Gestures and vehement Exertions Ir $ 4 The SPECTATOR . N ° 407 . N°. 407. ...
... is reprefented as lifting up both his Arms , and pouring out the Thunder of his Rhetorick amidft an Audience of Pagan Philofophers . It is certain , that proper Gestures and vehement Exertions Ir $ 4 The SPECTATOR . N ° 407 . N°. 407. ...
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