The Spectator, Volume 51793 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 69
Page 10
... proper name . J. M. I desire you may insert this in one of your speculations , to shew my zeal for removing the dissatisfaction of the fair - sex , and restoring you to their favour . ' SIR , I WAS some time since in company with a ...
... proper name . J. M. I desire you may insert this in one of your speculations , to shew my zeal for removing the dissatisfaction of the fair - sex , and restoring you to their favour . ' SIR , I WAS some time since in company with a ...
Page 13
... proper to stir up the passions of the reader , and to surprise him with a greater variety of accidents . The implex fable is therefore of two kinds ; in the first , the chief actor makes his way through a long series of dangers and ...
... proper to stir up the passions of the reader , and to surprise him with a greater variety of accidents . The implex fable is therefore of two kinds ; in the first , the chief actor makes his way through a long series of dangers and ...
Page 14
... proper for tragedy that could be invented by the wit of man . I have taken some pains in a former paper to shew , that this kind of implex fable , wherein the event is unhappy , is more apt to affect an audience than that of the first ...
... proper for tragedy that could be invented by the wit of man . I have taken some pains in a former paper to shew , that this kind of implex fable , wherein the event is unhappy , is more apt to affect an audience than that of the first ...
Page 23
... proper distance . ' This is his apology , and I think shall be satisfied with it . But I cannot conclude my tedious epistle without recommending to you not only to resume your former chastisement , but to add to your criminals the ...
... proper distance . ' This is his apology , and I think shall be satisfied with it . But I cannot conclude my tedious epistle without recommending to you not only to resume your former chastisement , but to add to your criminals the ...
Page 31
... proper persons , and if I trouble you with my thoughts upon it , I promise myself your pardon . Such of the sex as are raw and innocent , and most exposed to these attacks , have , or their parents are much to blame if they have not ...
... proper persons , and if I trouble you with my thoughts upon it , I promise myself your pardon . Such of the sex as are raw and innocent , and most exposed to these attacks , have , or their parents are much to blame if they have not ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance action ADAM ADAM and EVE admiration Æneid agreeable Angels appear Aurengzebe bagnio beauty behaviour behold character circumstances consider dance death described desire discourse DRYDEN earth endeavoured ENVILLE eyes fable father favour fortune genius gentleman give grace hand happy head Heaven HOMER honour hope humble servant Iliad imagination kind lady learning letter live look looking-glasses MADAM mankind manner MARCH 19 MARGARET CLARK marriage master MILTON mind mistress Mohocks nature never night obliged observed occasion OVID paper Paradise Paradise Lost parents particular passage passion PAUL LORRAIN person pleased pleasure poem Poet present proper racter reader reason SATAN sentiments shew Sir ROGER speak SPECTATOR speech spirit sublime take notice tell THAMMUZ thee thing thou thought tion told town TURNUS VIRG VIRGIL virtue wherein whole woman words yard land young