The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... Agreeable to their name , • the avowed design of their institution is mischief ; and upon this foundation all their rules and orders are • framed . An outrageous ambition of doing all possible • hurt to their fellow - creatures , is the ...
... Agreeable to their name , • the avowed design of their institution is mischief ; and upon this foundation all their rules and orders are • framed . An outrageous ambition of doing all possible • hurt to their fellow - creatures , is the ...
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... agreeable parts in this divine work . The natural majesty of Adam , and at the fame time his fubmifsive behaviour to the fuperior Being , who had vouchsafed to be his guest ; the folemn hail which the angel bestows upon the mother of ...
... agreeable parts in this divine work . The natural majesty of Adam , and at the fame time his fubmifsive behaviour to the fuperior Being , who had vouchsafed to be his guest ; the folemn hail which the angel bestows upon the mother of ...
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... agreeable company . As foon as I had extricated myself from that shameful confine- * ment , I reflected upon it with so much horror , that I deserted all my old acquaintance , and took chambers ⚫ in an inn of court , with a refolution ...
... agreeable company . As foon as I had extricated myself from that shameful confine- * ment , I reflected upon it with so much horror , that I deserted all my old acquaintance , and took chambers ⚫ in an inn of court , with a refolution ...
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... agreeable enough to the ideas most readers would conceive of a fight be- tween two armies of angels . The second day's engagement is apt to startle an imagination , which has not been raised and qualify'd for such a description , by the ...
... agreeable enough to the ideas most readers would conceive of a fight be- tween two armies of angels . The second day's engagement is apt to startle an imagination , which has not been raised and qualify'd for such a description , by the ...
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... and well fashion'd person , is not so agreeable as he who fits by him without any of those advantages . When we read , CS read , we do it without any exerted Act of No 334 THE SPECTATOR . 57 N° 334 Monday, March, 24. ...
... and well fashion'd person , is not so agreeable as he who fits by him without any of those advantages . When we read , CS read , we do it without any exerted Act of No 334 THE SPECTATOR . 57 N° 334 Monday, March, 24. ...
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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