The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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... VIRG . Æn . i . 464 . And with the shadowy picture feeds his mind . WHEN the weather hinders me from taking my diversions without doors , I frequently make a little party with two or three select friends , to visit any thing curious ...
... VIRG . Æn . i . 464 . And with the shadowy picture feeds his mind . WHEN the weather hinders me from taking my diversions without doors , I frequently make a little party with two or three select friends , to visit any thing curious ...
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... VIRG . Æn . ii . 6 . Who can such woes relate , without a tear , As stern Ulysses must have wept to hear ? LOOKING Over the old manuscript wherein the pri- vate actions of Pharamond are set down by way of table - book , I found many ...
... VIRG . Æn . ii . 6 . Who can such woes relate , without a tear , As stern Ulysses must have wept to hear ? LOOKING Over the old manuscript wherein the pri- vate actions of Pharamond are set down by way of table - book , I found many ...
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... VIRG . Ecl . ii . 17 . DRYDEN ! Trust not too much to an enthusiastic face . It has been the purpose of several of my Specula- tions to bring people to an unconcerned behaviour , with relation to their persons , whether beautiful or * A ...
... VIRG . Ecl . ii . 17 . DRYDEN ! Trust not too much to an enthusiastic face . It has been the purpose of several of my Specula- tions to bring people to an unconcerned behaviour , with relation to their persons , whether beautiful or * A ...
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... VIRG . Ecl . iii . 16 . What will not masters do , when servants thus presume ?, MR . SPECTATOR , ' May 30 , 1711 . I HAVE no small value for your endeavours to lay before the world what may escape their obser- vation , and yet highly ...
... VIRG . Ecl . iii . 16 . What will not masters do , when servants thus presume ?, MR . SPECTATOR , ' May 30 , 1711 . I HAVE no small value for your endeavours to lay before the world what may escape their obser- vation , and yet highly ...
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... VIRG . Georg iii . 99 . In all the rage of impotent desire , They feel a quenchless flame , a fruitless fire . THERE is not , in my opinion , a consideration more effectual to extinguish inordinate desires in the soul- of man , than the ...
... VIRG . Georg iii . 99 . In all the rage of impotent desire , They feel a quenchless flame , a fruitless fire . THERE is not , in my opinion , a consideration more effectual to extinguish inordinate desires in the soul- of man , than the ...
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