The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... Ovid . Metam . 1 . 3. V. 432 . [ From the fable of NARCISSUS . . ] What could , fond youth , this helpless paffion move ? What kindled in thee this unpitied love ? Thy own warm blush within the water glows ; With thee the colour'd ...
... Ovid . Metam . 1 . 3. V. 432 . [ From the fable of NARCISSUS . . ] What could , fond youth , this helpless paffion move ? What kindled in thee this unpitied love ? Thy own warm blush within the water glows ; With thee the colour'd ...
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... Ovid tells us of a fwinging fellow called Polypheme , that made ufe of the fea for his looking glass , and could ne- ver dress himself to advantage but in a calm . My friend WILL , to fhew us the whole compafs of his learning upon this ...
... Ovid tells us of a fwinging fellow called Polypheme , that made ufe of the fea for his looking glass , and could ne- ver dress himself to advantage but in a calm . My friend WILL , to fhew us the whole compafs of his learning upon this ...
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... Ovid have copied after him , tells us , that the giants threw Offa upon Olympus , and Pelion upon Offa . He adds an epithet to Pelion ( tivoσíquaλor ) which very much fwells the idea , by bringing up to the readers ima- gination all the ...
... Ovid have copied after him , tells us , that the giants threw Offa upon Olympus , and Pelion upon Offa . He adds an epithet to Pelion ( tivoσíquaλor ) which very much fwells the idea , by bringing up to the readers ima- gination all the ...
Page 94
... Ovid . Metam . 1. 15. v . 165 . All things are but alter'd , nothing dies , And here and there th ' unbody'd fpirit flies , By time , or force , or ficknefs difpoffefs'd , And lodges , where it lights , in man or beast . WI DRYDEN . ILL ...
... Ovid . Metam . 1. 15. v . 165 . All things are but alter'd , nothing dies , And here and there th ' unbody'd fpirit flies , By time , or force , or ficknefs difpoffefs'd , And lodges , where it lights , in man or beast . WI DRYDEN . ILL ...
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... Ovid . Met . lib . 1. v . 76 . A creature of a more exalted kind Was wanting yet , and then was man defign'd ; Confcious of thought , of more capacious breaft , For empire form'd , and fit to rule the rest . T DRYDEN . HE accounts which ...
... Ovid . Met . lib . 1. v . 76 . A creature of a more exalted kind Was wanting yet , and then was man defign'd ; Confcious of thought , of more capacious breaft , For empire form'd , and fit to rule the rest . T DRYDEN . HE accounts which ...
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