The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... Adam , and one of the most beautiful paffages in the whole poem . That day I oft remember , when from fleep I first awak'd , and found myself repos'd Under a fhade , on flow'rs , much wond'ring where And what I was , whence hither ...
... Adam , and one of the most beautiful paffages in the whole poem . That day I oft remember , when from fleep I first awak'd , and found myself repos'd Under a fhade , on flow'rs , much wond'ring where And what I was , whence hither ...
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... Adam upon his awaking finds Eve ftill afleep , with an unusual difcompofure in her looks . The pofture , in which he regards her , is defcrib'd with a wonderful tendernefs , as the whisper , with which he awakens her , is the fofteft ...
... Adam upon his awaking finds Eve ftill afleep , with an unusual difcompofure in her looks . The pofture , in which he regards her , is defcrib'd with a wonderful tendernefs , as the whisper , with which he awakens her , is the fofteft ...
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... Adam , whom embracing thus fhe Spake : O fole , in avhom my thoughts find all repofe , My glory , my perfection ! glad I fee Thy face , and morn return'dI cannot but take notice , that Milton , in the conference between Adam and Eve ...
... Adam , whom embracing thus fhe Spake : O fole , in avhom my thoughts find all repofe , My glory , my perfection ! glad I fee Thy face , and morn return'dI cannot but take notice , that Milton , in the conference between Adam and Eve ...
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... Adam talk thro ' the whole work in fuch fentiments as thefe : But flattery and falfhood are not the courtship of Milton's Adam , and could not be heard by Eve in the state of innocence , excepting only in a dream produc'd on purpose to ...
... Adam talk thro ' the whole work in fuch fentiments as thefe : But flattery and falfhood are not the courtship of Milton's Adam , and could not be heard by Eve in the state of innocence , excepting only in a dream produc'd on purpose to ...
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... Adam ; have all the graces that poetry is capable of beltowing . The author afterwards gives us a particular description of Eve in her domeftic employments . So faying , with difpatchful looks in bafte She turns B 3 So No 3-7 29 THE ...
... Adam ; have all the graces that poetry is capable of beltowing . The author afterwards gives us a particular description of Eve in her domeftic employments . So faying , with difpatchful looks in bafte She turns B 3 So No 3-7 29 THE ...
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Adam Æneid affurance alfo angels arife bagnio beautiful becauſe behaviour character chearful chearfulneſs circumftances confequence confider confideration converfation defcribed defcription defign defire difcourfe dreffed faid fame fatire fays fecond fecret feems felf felves fenfe fent fentiments feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething foon fpeak fpirit ftill fubject fublime fuch gentleman give heav'n hiftory himſelf honeft honour houſe humble fervant imagination inftances itſelf juft Jupiter lady laft laſt lefs loft look mafter mankind manner Menippus Milton mind modeft moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never night obferved occafion Ovid paffage paffed paffion Paradife perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poem poet prefent raiſe reader reafon reft reprefented rife ſhall ſhe Sir ROGER ſpeak SPECTATOR tell thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion uſe Virg virtue whofe whole worfe