The Spectator, Volume 6Alexander Chalmers D. Appleton, 1853 - Spectator (London, England : 1711) |
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... word of it , but pursue my own course of thought , whether upon business or amusement , with much tranquillity ; I say inatten- 1 See No. 507 , on party - lies . k tion , because a late act of parliament has No. 521. ] 25 THE SPECTATOR .
... word of it , but pursue my own course of thought , whether upon business or amusement , with much tranquillity ; I say inatten- 1 See No. 507 , on party - lies . k tion , because a late act of parliament has No. 521. ] 25 THE SPECTATOR .
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... The tendency of this poem was to reclaim the nation from the pride of conquest to the pleasures of tranquillity . ' Dr. Johnson's Lives of English No thought is beautiful which is not just ; and 34 [ No. 523 . THE SPECTATOR .
... The tendency of this poem was to reclaim the nation from the pride of conquest to the pleasures of tranquillity . ' Dr. Johnson's Lives of English No thought is beautiful which is not just ; and 34 [ No. 523 . THE SPECTATOR .
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Alexander Chalmers. No thought is beautiful which is not just ; and no thought can be just which is not founded in truth , or at least in that which passes for such . In mock heroic poems the use of the heathen my- thology is not only ...
Alexander Chalmers. No thought is beautiful which is not just ; and no thought can be just which is not founded in truth , or at least in that which passes for such . In mock heroic poems the use of the heathen my- thology is not only ...
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... thought , gave way to the forci- ble oppressions of slumber and sleep , whilst fancy , unwilling yet to drop the subject , presented me with the following vision . เ Methought I was just awoke out of a sleep that I could never remember ...
... thought , gave way to the forci- ble oppressions of slumber and sleep , whilst fancy , unwilling yet to drop the subject , presented me with the following vision . เ Methought I was just awoke out of a sleep that I could never remember ...
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... thought , many thousands of huge misshapen ugly monsters ; these had great nets , which they were perpetually plying , and casting towards the crooked paths , and they would now and then catch up those that were nearest to them ; these ...
... thought , many thousands of huge misshapen ugly monsters ; these had great nets , which they were perpetually plying , and casting towards the crooked paths , and they would now and then catch up those that were nearest to them ; these ...
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