The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 63
... hear him , at the conclufion of almoft every fcene , telling me that he could not imagine how the play would end . One while he appeared much concerned for Andramache ; and a little while after as much for Hermione ; and was extremely ...
... hear him , at the conclufion of almoft every fcene , telling me that he could not imagine how the play would end . One while he appeared much concerned for Andramache ; and a little while after as much for Hermione ; and was extremely ...
Page 65
... and regarded as a reverfing the decrees of . Nature . I am a young man , I confefs , yet I honour • the gray head as much as any one ; however , when in " 2 company • " · company with old men , I hear No 336 638 THE SPECTATOR .
... and regarded as a reverfing the decrees of . Nature . I am a young man , I confefs , yet I honour • the gray head as much as any one ; however , when in " 2 company • " · company with old men , I hear No 336 638 THE SPECTATOR .
Page 66
• " · company with old men , I hear them fpeak obfcurely , or reafon prepofterously ( into which abfurdities , prejudice , pride , or intereft , will fometimes throw the wifeft ) I count it no crime to rectify their reafonings ...
• " · company with old men , I hear them fpeak obfcurely , or reafon prepofterously ( into which abfurdities , prejudice , pride , or intereft , will fometimes throw the wifeft ) I count it no crime to rectify their reafonings ...
Page 74
... hear fuch reflexions on the feveral incidents of the play , as pure nature fuggefted , and from the other fuch as flowed from the exacteft art and judgment : tho ' I must confefs that my curiofity led me fo much to obferve the knight's ...
... hear fuch reflexions on the feveral incidents of the play , as pure nature fuggefted , and from the other fuch as flowed from the exacteft art and judgment : tho ' I must confefs that my curiofity led me fo much to obferve the knight's ...
Page 79
... hear thee tell His generation , & c . The angel's encouraging our first parents in a modeft purfuit after knowledge , with the caufes which he affigns for the creation of the world , are very juft and beautiful . The Meffiah , by whom ...
... hear thee tell His generation , & c . The angel's encouraging our first parents in a modeft purfuit after knowledge , with the caufes which he affigns for the creation of the world , are very juft and beautiful . The Meffiah , by whom ...
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