The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... still in hopes that he would fome time or other make his advances . As he was one day talking with her in company of her two fi- sters , the conversation happening to turn upon love , each of the young ladies was , by way of rallery ...
... still in hopes that he would fome time or other make his advances . As he was one day talking with her in company of her two fi- sters , the conversation happening to turn upon love , each of the young ladies was , by way of rallery ...
Page 19
... still several nations in the world so very barbarous as not to have any looking - glasses among them ; and that he had lately read a voyage to the South - Sea , in which it is faid , that the ladies of Chili always dressed their heads ...
... still several nations in the world so very barbarous as not to have any looking - glasses among them ; and that he had lately read a voyage to the South - Sea , in which it is faid , that the ladies of Chili always dressed their heads ...
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... still asleep , with an unusual discomposure in her looks . The posture , in which he regards her , is de- scrib'd with a wonderful tenderness , as the whisper , with which he awakens her , is the softest that ever was convey'd to a ...
... still asleep , with an unusual discomposure in her looks . The posture , in which he regards her , is de- scrib'd with a wonderful tenderness , as the whisper , with which he awakens her , is the softest that ever was convey'd to a ...
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... still to gaze ! 2 An injudicious poet would have made Adam talk thro the whole work in such sentiments as these : But flat- tery and falfhood are not the courtship of Milton's Adam , and could not be heard by Eve in the state of ...
... still to gaze ! 2 An injudicious poet would have made Adam talk thro the whole work in such sentiments as these : But flat- tery and falfhood are not the courtship of Milton's Adam , and could not be heard by Eve in the state of ...
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... still , in conformity with the Cherubims , whom they accompanied . There is no question but Milton had this circumstance in his thoughts , because in the following book he describes the chariot of the Meffiah with living wheels ...
... still , in conformity with the Cherubims , whom they accompanied . There is no question but Milton had this circumstance in his thoughts , because in the following book he describes the chariot of the Meffiah with living wheels ...
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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