The Spectator: ...Phil. Crampton, 1737 - English essays |
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... Light of the Understanding , almoft be- night the Faculties , and give that melancholy Tincture to the most fanguine Complexion , which this Gentle- man calls an Inclination to be in a Brown - ftudy , and is ufually attended with worfe ...
... Light of the Understanding , almoft be- night the Faculties , and give that melancholy Tincture to the most fanguine Complexion , which this Gentle- man calls an Inclination to be in a Brown - ftudy , and is ufually attended with worfe ...
Page 92
... light the Imagination , the chief Defign of an Allufion be- ing to illuftrate and explain the Paffages of an Author , it fhould be always borrowed from what is more known and common , than the Paffages which are to be ex- plained ...
... light the Imagination , the chief Defign of an Allufion be- ing to illuftrate and explain the Paffages of an Author , it fhould be always borrowed from what is more known and common , than the Paffages which are to be ex- plained ...
Page 249
... light , how weak , If thou refift . The Fiend look'd up , and knew His mounted Scale aloft ; nor more ; but fled Murm'ring , and with him fled the Shades of Night . THESE feveral amufing Thoughts having taken Pof- feffion of my Mind ...
... light , how weak , If thou refift . The Fiend look'd up , and knew His mounted Scale aloft ; nor more ; but fled Murm'ring , and with him fled the Shades of Night . THESE feveral amufing Thoughts having taken Pof- feffion of my Mind ...
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