The Spectator, Volume 5Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 - English essays |
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... proper judge of our perfections , who does not guess at the sincerity of our inten tions from the goodness of our actions , but weighs the goodness of our actions by the sin cerity of our intentions . But further , it is impossible for ...
... proper judge of our perfections , who does not guess at the sincerity of our inten tions from the goodness of our actions , but weighs the goodness of our actions by the sin cerity of our intentions . But further , it is impossible for ...
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... proper senti- ments for an assembly of Grecian generals , than for Milton to diversify his infernal counsel with proper characters , and inspire them with a varie- ty of sentiments . The loves of Dido and Æneas are only copies of what ...
... proper senti- ments for an assembly of Grecian generals , than for Milton to diversify his infernal counsel with proper characters , and inspire them with a varie- ty of sentiments . The loves of Dido and Æneas are only copies of what ...
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... 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 ...
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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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