The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... 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 are spoken on the like occafion , and fill'd with the fame pleasing images ...
... 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 are spoken on the like occafion , and fill'd with the fame pleasing images ...
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... Homer very feverely upon this point , as M. Dacier has endeavoured to defend it . I will not pretend to determine , whether , in this particular of Homer , the marvellous does not lofe fight of the probable . As the miraculous ...
... Homer very feverely upon this point , as M. Dacier has endeavoured to defend it . I will not pretend to determine , whether , in this particular of Homer , the marvellous does not lofe fight of the probable . As the miraculous ...
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... Homer , by something parallel in Holy Writ , would have been very well pleased had they thought of confronting Vulcan's Tripodes with Ezekiel's wheels . Raphael's descent to the earth , with the figure of his perfon , is represented in ...
... Homer , by something parallel in Holy Writ , would have been very well pleased had they thought of confronting Vulcan's Tripodes with Ezekiel's wheels . Raphael's descent to the earth , with the figure of his perfon , is represented in ...
Page 31
... Homer in the last of the following lines .. At length into the limits of the north They came , and Satan took his royal feat High on a hill , far blazing , as a mount Rais'd on a mount , with pyramids and tow'rs From diamond quarries ...
... Homer in the last of the following lines .. At length into the limits of the north They came , and Satan took his royal feat High on a hill , far blazing , as a mount Rais'd on a mount , with pyramids and tow'rs From diamond quarries ...
Page 41
... I am reading Juvenal and Homer . My masto seems as well pleased with my performances as any boy's in the fame class . I think , if I know my own mind , I would choose • rather 6 ، ، ، ، rather to be a scholar than N ° 330 41 THE SPECTATOR .
... I am reading Juvenal and Homer . My masto seems as well pleased with my performances as any boy's in the fame class . I think , if I know my own mind , I would choose • rather 6 ، ، ، ، rather to be a scholar than N ° 330 41 THE SPECTATOR .
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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