The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 12
... Milton . His account of the Mobocks . His fancy of a pin cushion . Picture in the lid of his fnuff- box . Old lady Faddle promises me her woman to cut my hair . Loft five guineas at crimp . Twelve o'clock at night . Went to bed . FRIDAY ...
... Milton . His account of the Mobocks . His fancy of a pin cushion . Picture in the lid of his fnuff- box . Old lady Faddle promises me her woman to cut my hair . Loft five guineas at crimp . Twelve o'clock at night . Went to bed . FRIDAY ...
Page 19
... Milton with great fatisfaction , and am particularly pleased with the hidden moral • which you have taken notice of in several parts of the poem . The defign of this letter is to defire your • thoughts , ، thoughts , whether there may ...
... Milton with great fatisfaction , and am particularly pleased with the hidden moral • which you have taken notice of in several parts of the poem . The defign of this letter is to defire your • thoughts , ، thoughts , whether there may ...
Page 20
... Milton , your • readers will be able to judge for themselves , and the quotation will not a little contribute to the filling up of your paper . Your humble fervant , R. T. The last confideration urged by my querist is fo strong , that I ...
... Milton , your • readers will be able to judge for themselves , and the quotation will not a little contribute to the filling up of your paper . Your humble fervant , R. T. The last confideration urged by my querist is fo strong , that I ...
Page 26
... Milton , in the con- ference between Adam and Eve , had his eye very fre- quently upon the book of Canticles , in which there is a noble spirit of eastern poetry , and very often not unlike what we meet with in Homer , who is generally ...
... Milton , in the con- ference between Adam and Eve , had his eye very fre- quently upon the book of Canticles , in which there is a noble spirit of eastern poetry , and very often not unlike what we meet with in Homer , who is generally ...
Page 27
... 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 taint her imagination . Other vain sentiments of the fame kind , in this relation of her dream , will be obvious ...
... 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 taint her imagination . Other vain sentiments of the fame kind , in this relation of her dream , will be obvious ...
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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