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Page 10
... admired him ? Why , says he , my lodgings are opposite to hers , and she is continually at her window either at work , reading , taking snuff , or putting herself in some toying posture , on purpose to draw my eyes that way . The ...
... admired him ? Why , says he , my lodgings are opposite to hers , and she is continually at her window either at work , reading , taking snuff , or putting herself in some toying posture , on purpose to draw my eyes that way . The ...
Page 16
... admiration , that the longest reflection in the Eneid , is in that passage of the tenth book , where TURNUS is represented as dressing himself in the spoils of PALLAS , whom he had slain . VIRGIL here lets his fable stand still , for ...
... admiration , that the longest reflection in the Eneid , is in that passage of the tenth book , where TURNUS is represented as dressing himself in the spoils of PALLAS , whom he had slain . VIRGIL here lets his fable stand still , for ...
Page 41
... admiration . Surely never did such a philosophic soul inhabit such a beauteous form ! For beauty is often made a privilege against thought and reflection ; it laughs at wisdom , and will not abide the gravity of its instructions . Were ...
... admiration . Surely never did such a philosophic soul inhabit such a beauteous form ! For beauty is often made a privilege against thought and reflection ; it laughs at wisdom , and will not abide the gravity of its instructions . Were ...
Page 54
... admired had value enough for their passion , to attend the event of their good fortune in all their applications , in order to make their circumstances fall in with the duties they owe to themselves , their families , and their country ...
... admired had value enough for their passion , to attend the event of their good fortune in all their applications , in order to make their circumstances fall in with the duties they owe to themselves , their families , and their country ...
Page 64
... make a conspicuous figure in No- thing ; as the Earl of ROCHESTER has very well observed in his admirable poem upon that barren subject . L. No. 306 . WEDNESDAY , FEBRUARY 20 , 1711-12 . 64 NO . 305 . THE SPECTATOR .
... make a conspicuous figure in No- thing ; as the Earl of ROCHESTER has very well observed in his admirable poem upon that barren subject . L. No. 306 . WEDNESDAY , FEBRUARY 20 , 1711-12 . 64 NO . 305 . THE SPECTATOR .
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