The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 20
... Adam , and one of the most beautiful passages in the whole poem . That day I oft remember , when from Sleep I first awak'd , and found myself repos'd Under a shade , on flow'rs , much wond'ring where And what I was , whence hither ...
... Adam , and one of the most beautiful passages in the whole poem . That day I oft remember , when from Sleep I first awak'd , and found myself repos'd Under a shade , on flow'rs , much wond'ring where And what I was , whence hither ...
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... Adam upon his awaking finds Eve 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 ...
... Adam upon his awaking finds Eve 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 ...
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... Adam , whom embracing thus she spake : O fole , in whom my thoughts find all repose , My glory , my perfection ! glad I fee Thy face , and morn return'd- I cannot but take notice , that Milton , in the con- ference between Adam and Eve ...
... Adam , whom embracing thus she spake : O fole , in whom my thoughts find all repose , My glory , my perfection ! glad I fee Thy face , and morn return'd- I cannot but take notice , that Milton , in the con- ference between Adam and Eve ...
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... 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 innocence , excepting only in a dream produc'd on purpose to ...
... 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 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 bestowing . The author afterwards gives us a particular description of Eve in her domestic employ- So saying , with dispatchful looks in hafte She turns. ments . B 3 So N ° 37 29 THE ...
... Adam ; have all the graces that poetry is capable of bestowing . The author afterwards gives us a particular description of Eve in her domestic employ- So saying , with dispatchful looks in hafte She turns. ments . B 3 So N ° 37 29 THE ...
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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