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Page 17
... heads ; first , as there are several of them too much pointed , and some that degenerate even into Puns . Of this last kind , I am afraid , that in the first book , where , speaking of the Pygmies he calls them , 66 War'd on by cranes ...
... heads ; first , as there are several of them too much pointed , and some that degenerate even into Puns . Of this last kind , I am afraid , that in the first book , where , speaking of the Pygmies he calls them , 66 War'd on by cranes ...
Page 19
... to insert under those general heads I have already treated of , and with which I intend to conclude this piece of criticism . L. 8 * No. 298 . MONDAY , FEBRUARY 11 , 1711-12 . B 2 NO . 297 . 19 THE SPECTATOR . sarity bad? ...
... to insert under those general heads I have already treated of , and with which I intend to conclude this piece of criticism . L. 8 * No. 298 . MONDAY , FEBRUARY 11 , 1711-12 . B 2 NO . 297 . 19 THE SPECTATOR . sarity bad? ...
Page 37
... head , his face was pale and withered , and his skin puckered up in wrinkles . As he walked on the sides of the bank the river froze , the flowers faded , the trees shed their blossoms , the birds dropped from off the boughs , and fell ...
... head , his face was pale and withered , and his skin puckered up in wrinkles . As he walked on the sides of the bank the river froze , the flowers faded , the trees shed their blossoms , the birds dropped from off the boughs , and fell ...
Page 46
... head up - lift above the wave , and eyes That sparkling blaz d , his other parts beside Pione on the flood , extended long and large , Lay Lay floating many a rood—— Forthwith upright he rears from 46 . THE SPECTATOR . NO . 303 .
... head up - lift above the wave , and eyes That sparkling blaz d , his other parts beside Pione on the flood , extended long and large , Lay Lay floating many a rood—— Forthwith upright he rears from 46 . THE SPECTATOR . NO . 303 .
Page 52
... head , because ignorant readers , who have formed their taste upon the quaint siniilies and little turns of wit , which are so much in vogue among modern poets , cannot relish these beauties which are of a much higher nature , and are ...
... head , because ignorant readers , who have formed their taste upon the quaint siniilies and little turns of wit , which are so much in vogue among modern poets , cannot relish these beauties which are of a much higher nature , and are ...
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