The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... spirits • know no indifference in marriage ; what then do you ⚫ think is my piercing affliction ! - I leave you to re- present my my distress your own way , in which I defire • you to be speedy , if you have compaffion for inno- cence ...
... spirits • know no indifference in marriage ; what then do you ⚫ think is my piercing affliction ! - I leave you to re- present my my distress your own way , in which I defire • you to be speedy , if you have compaffion for inno- cence ...
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... honeft gentleman of a public spirit , would move for leave to bring in a bill for the • better preserving of the female game . I am , SIR , Your humble fervant . ८ Mr. SPECTATOR , Hay about the of the evening 22 N ° 325 THE SPECTATOR .
... honeft gentleman of a public spirit , would move for leave to bring in a bill for the • better preserving of the female game . I am , SIR , Your humble fervant . ८ Mr. SPECTATOR , Hay about the of the evening 22 N ° 325 THE SPECTATOR .
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... spirit practised upon Eve as she lay afleep , in order to inspire her with thoughts of vanity , pride , and ambition . The author , who shews a won- derful art throughout his whole poem , in preparing the reader for the several ...
... spirit practised upon Eve as she lay afleep , in order to inspire her with thoughts of vanity , pride , and ambition . The author , who shews a won- derful art throughout his whole poem , in preparing the reader for the several ...
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... spirit of eastern poetry , and very often not unlike what we meet with in Homer , who is generally placed near the age of Solomon . I think there is no question but the poet in the preceding speech remember'd those two passages , which ...
... spirit of eastern poetry , and very often not unlike what we meet with in Homer , who is generally placed near the age of Solomon . I think there is no question but the poet in the preceding speech remember'd those two passages , which ...
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... spirit- I question not but Boffu , and the two Daciers , who are for vindicating every thing , that is censured in Homer , by something parallel in Holy Writ , would have been very well pleased had they thought of confronting Vulcan's ...
... spirit- I question not but Boffu , and the two Daciers , who are for vindicating every thing , that is censured in Homer , by something parallel in Holy Writ , would have been very well pleased had they thought of confronting Vulcan's ...
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Adam Æneid agreeable alſo angels anſwer appear beautiful becauſe behaviour beſt buſineſs cauſe character chearfulness confider confideration converſation defire deſcribed deſcription deſign diſcourſe endeavour eſteem eyes faid fame fays feveral fince firſt parents fome foon fublime fuch gentleman give heav'n Homer honour houſe humble fervant imagination inſtances itſelf juſt lady laſt leſs live look mankind manner maſter Menippus Milton mind miſtreſs Mohocks moſt myſelf nature neſs never night obſerve occafion Ovid paffion particular paſſage paſſed paſſion perſon pleaſed pleaſure poem poet preſent raiſe reader reaſon repreſented reſpect riſe ſame ſays ſcene ſchool ſecond ſeems ſenſe ſentiments ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhort ſhould Sir ROGER ſome ſpeak SPECTATOR ſpeculation ſpeech ſpirit ſtage ſtate ſtill ſtory ſubject ſuch ſurpriſe tell thee theſe thing thoſe thou thought tion uſe verſe Virg virtue whole whoſe