The Spectator, Volume 6W. Wilson, 1778 |
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... imagination , with a comparison between them and those of the understanding On Raillery 401 402 } 403 404 405 406 407 408 . 409 410 411 to 421 The ftory of Gloriana , fbewing the effectual way to make love 422 } 423 . Rules to make ...
... imagination , with a comparison between them and those of the understanding On Raillery 401 402 } 403 404 405 406 407 408 . 409 410 411 to 421 The ftory of Gloriana , fbewing the effectual way to make love 422 } 423 . Rules to make ...
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... imagination is warmed with all the objects prefented , and yet there is nothing that is lufcious , or what raises any idea more loose than that of a beautiful woman fet off to advantage . The like , or more deli- cate and careful spirit ...
... imagination is warmed with all the objects prefented , and yet there is nothing that is lufcious , or what raises any idea more loose than that of a beautiful woman fet off to advantage . The like , or more deli- cate and careful spirit ...
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... imagination of the unguarded is touched with a fondnefs which grows too infenfibly to be refifted . Much care and concern for the lady's wel- fare , to feem afraid left the fhould be annoyed by the very air which furrounds her , and ...
... imagination of the unguarded is touched with a fondnefs which grows too infenfibly to be refifted . Much care and concern for the lady's wel- fare , to feem afraid left the fhould be annoyed by the very air which furrounds her , and ...
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... imagination , as will make him very fenfible of what I have been here advancing . 1 Since we have therefore fuch a treatury of words , fo beautiful in themselves , and fo proper for the airs of mufic , I cannot but wonder that perfons ...
... imagination , as will make him very fenfible of what I have been here advancing . 1 Since we have therefore fuch a treatury of words , fo beautiful in themselves , and fo proper for the airs of mufic , I cannot but wonder that perfons ...
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... over an infinite multitude of bodies , comprehends the largeft figures , and brings into our reach fome of the moit remote parts of the universe . It is this fenfe that furnishes the imagination with its 62 No 411 . THE SPECTATOR .
... over an infinite multitude of bodies , comprehends the largeft figures , and brings into our reach fome of the moit remote parts of the universe . It is this fenfe that furnishes the imagination with its 62 No 411 . THE SPECTATOR .
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Æneid againſt agreeable appear arife Auguſt beautiful becauſe befides bufinefs caufe confider confideration converfation Cynthio defcription defign defire delight difcourfe drefs eafy eyes faid fame fancy fatire fatisfaction fcenes fecond fecret feems feen felf felves fenfe fent feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fight filk fince firft fome fomething fometimes foul fpeak fpecies fpeculations fpirits ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fure give greateſt heart himſelf humble fervant humour imagination itſelf kind lady laft lefs look manner mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion ourſelves OVID paffed paffions pallion paper perfons pleafing pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure poet prefent racter raifed raiſe reader reafon reflection reprefented rife ſhe SPECTATOR thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion underſtanding uſed verfe virtue whofe whole words worfe writing
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Page 267 - Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 48 - Our words flow from us in a smooth continued stream, without those strainings of the voice, motions of the body, and majesty of the hand, which are so much celebrated in the orators of Greece and Rome. We can talk of life and death in cold blood, and keep our temper in a discourse which turns upon every thing that is dear to us.
Page 15 - ... for whose sake I am now as I am, whose name I could some good while since...
Page 14 - But let not your grace ever imagine that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault, where not so much as a thought thereof preceded. And to speak a truth, never prince had wife more loyal in all duty, and in all true affection, than you have ever found in Anne Boleyn...
Page 76 - I do not know whether I am singular in my opinion, but, for my own part, I would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriancy and diffusion of boughs and branches, 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 all the little labyrinths of the most finished parterre.
Page 74 - Unvex'd with quarrels, undisturb'd with noise, The country king his peaceful realm enjoys — Cool grots, and living lakes, the flow'ry pride Of meads, and streams that through the valley glide And shady groves that easy sleep invite, And, after toilsome days, a soft repose at night.
Page 69 - There is a second kind of beauty that we find in the several products of art and nature, which does not work in the imagination with that warmth and violence as the beauty that appears in our proper species, but is apt however to raise in us a secret delight, and a kind of fondness for the places or objects in which we discover it.
Page 93 - He is at no more expense in a long vista than a short one, and can as easily throw his cascades from a precipice of half a mile high, as from one of twenty yards. He has his choice of the winds, and can turn the course of his rivers in all the variety of meanders that are most delightful to the reader's imagination.
Page 71 - He has annexed a secret pleasure to the idea of any thing that is new or uncommon, that he might encourage us in the pursuit after knowledge, and engage us to search into the wonders of his creation ; for every new idea brings such a pleasure along with it as rewards any pains we have taken in its acquisition, and consequently serves as a motive to put us upon fresh discoveries.
Page 22 - They either do not see our faults, or conceal them from us, or soften them by their representations, after such a manner, that we think them too trivial to be taken notice of. An adversary, on the contrary, makes a stricter search into us, discovers every flaw and imperfection in our tempers, and though his malice may...