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Page 56
... affecting the mind , he knew it was neceffary to give it certain refting places , and opportunities of recovering itfelf from time to time : he has therefore with great addrefs interfperfed feveral fpeeches , reflexions , fimilitudes ...
... affecting the mind , he knew it was neceffary to give it certain refting places , and opportunities of recovering itfelf from time to time : he has therefore with great addrefs interfperfed feveral fpeeches , reflexions , fimilitudes ...
Page 77
... affects the imagination like the ocean in a calm , and fills the mind of the reader , without producing in it any thing like tumult or agitation . in a The critic above - mentioned , among the rules , D3 The N ° 339 77 THE SPECTATOR . N ...
... affects the imagination like the ocean in a calm , and fills the mind of the reader , without producing in it any thing like tumult or agitation . in a The critic above - mentioned , among the rules , D3 The N ° 339 77 THE SPECTATOR . N ...
Page 84
... affects the applaufes and addreffes of a multitude , or affumes to himfelf a preeminence upon any other confideration , muft foon turn admiration into contempt . It is certain , that there can be no merit in any man who is not conscious ...
... affects the applaufes and addreffes of a multitude , or affumes to himfelf a preeminence upon any other confideration , muft foon turn admiration into contempt . It is certain , that there can be no merit in any man who is not conscious ...
Page 86
... affected in either cafe , no farther than in confidering the propereft methods to extricate itself from them . If this Hero has the ftrong incentives to uncommon enterprises that were remarkable in Alexander , he profecutes and enjays ...
... affected in either cafe , no farther than in confidering the propereft methods to extricate itself from them . If this Hero has the ftrong incentives to uncommon enterprises that were remarkable in Alexander , he profecutes and enjays ...
Page 93
... affects the houfe of her father or her buf band . All The has to do in this world , is contain'd within the duties of a daughter , a fifter , a wife , and a mother : All thefe may be well performed , tho ' a lady fhould not be the very ...
... affects the houfe of her father or her buf band . All The has to do in this world , is contain'd within the duties of a daughter , a fifter , a wife , and a mother : All thefe may be well performed , tho ' a lady fhould not be the very ...
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