The Spectator, Volume 5William Durell and Company, 1810 - English essays |
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... less action . Let the judicious rea- der compare what Longinus has observed on sev- eral passages in Homer , and he will find parallels for most of them in the Paradise Lost . From what has been said we may infer , that as there are two ...
... less action . Let the judicious rea- der compare what Longinus has observed on sev- eral passages in Homer , and he will find parallels for most of them in the Paradise Lost . From what has been said we may infer , that as there are two ...
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... less In pow'r and excellence , but favour'd more Of him who rules above ; so was his will Pronounc'd among the gods , and by an oath , That shook heav'n's whole circumference , confirm'd . The reader may observe how just it was , not to ...
... less In pow'r and excellence , but favour'd more Of him who rules above ; so was his will Pronounc'd among the gods , and by an oath , That shook heav'n's whole circumference , confirm'd . The reader may observe how just it was , not to ...
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... less she was first with child , so neither could he himself raise knowledge out of a mind , where nature had not planted it . Accordingly , the method this philosopher took , of instructing his scholars by several inter- rogatories or ...
... less she was first with child , so neither could he himself raise knowledge out of a mind , where nature had not planted it . Accordingly , the method this philosopher took , of instructing his scholars by several inter- rogatories or ...
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VOL V | 25 |
LETTER from a Coquette to a new mar | 254 |
Letters from an old Bachelorfrom Lovers | 260 |
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