The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... Virg . HE journal , with which I presented my reader on Tuesday last , has brought me in several letters , with accounts of many private lives cast into that form . I have the Rake's Journal , the Sot's Journal , the Whoremaster's ...
... Virg . HE journal , with which I presented my reader on Tuesday last , has brought me in several letters , with accounts of many private lives cast into that form . I have the Rake's Journal , the Sot's Journal , the Whoremaster's ...
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... Virg . Æn . 7. V. 45 . A larger scene of action is display'd . W DRYDEN . E were told in the foregoing book how the evil spirit practised upon Eve as she lay afleep , in order to inspire her with thoughts of vanity , pride , and ...
... Virg . Æn . 7. V. 45 . A larger scene of action is display'd . W DRYDEN . E were told in the foregoing book how the evil spirit practised upon Eve as she lay afleep , in order to inspire her with thoughts of vanity , pride , and ...
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... Virg . Æn . 6. v . 172 . He calls embattled deities to arms . E are now entring upon the fixth book of Pa- W radise Loft , in which the poet describes the bat- tle of angels ; having raised his readers ex- pectation , and prepared him ...
... Virg . Æn . 6. v . 172 . He calls embattled deities to arms . E are now entring upon the fixth book of Pa- W radise Loft , in which the poet describes the bat- tle of angels ; having raised his readers ex- pectation , and prepared him ...
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... Virg . Ecl . 6. v . 33 . He sung the secret feeds of nature's frame ; How feas , and earth , and air , and active flame , Fell through the mighty void , and in their fall Were blindly gather'd in this goodly ball . The tender foil then ...
... Virg . Ecl . 6. v . 33 . He sung the secret feeds of nature's frame ; How feas , and earth , and air , and active flame , Fell through the mighty void , and in their fall Were blindly gather'd in this goodly ball . The tender foil then ...
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... Virg . Æn . 4. V. 1ο . What chief is this that visits us from far , Whose gallant mien bespeaks him train'd to war ! I Take it to be the highest instance of a noble mind , to bear great qualities without difcovering in a man's behaviour ...
... Virg . Æn . 4. V. 1ο . What chief is this that visits us from far , Whose gallant mien bespeaks him train'd to war ! I Take it to be the highest instance of a noble mind , to bear great qualities without difcovering in a man's behaviour ...
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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