The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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8 My faireft , my efpous'd , my lateft found , Heaven's laft beft gift , my ever - new delight ! Awake : the morning fines , and the fresh field Calls us ; we lose the prime , to mark bow spring Our tender plants , bow blows the ...
8 My faireft , my efpous'd , my lateft found , Heaven's laft beft gift , my ever - new delight ! Awake : the morning fines , and the fresh field Calls us ; we lose the prime , to mark bow spring Our tender plants , bow blows the ...
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... heaven as framed after such a manner , that it open'd of itfelf upon the approach of the angel who was to pass through it . ' Till at the gate Of heav'n arriv'd , the gate felf - open'd wide , On golden hinges turning , as , by work ...
... heaven as framed after such a manner , that it open'd of itfelf upon the approach of the angel who was to pass through it . ' Till at the gate Of heav'n arriv'd , the gate felf - open'd wide , On golden hinges turning , as , by work ...
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... heaven that had life in them , and moved of themselves , or stood ftill , in conformity with the Cherubims , whom they accompanied . There is no queftion but Milton had this circumstance in his thoughts , becaufe in the following book ...
... heaven that had life in them , and moved of themselves , or stood ftill , in conformity with the Cherubims , whom they accompanied . There is no queftion but Milton had this circumstance in his thoughts , becaufe in the following book ...
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... heaven . The occafion which Milton affigns for this revolt , as it is founded on hints in holy writ , and on the opinion of fome great writers , fo it was the most proper that the poet could have made ufe of . The revolt in heaven is ...
... heaven . The occafion which Milton affigns for this revolt , as it is founded on hints in holy writ , and on the opinion of fome great writers , fo it was the most proper that the poet could have made ufe of . The revolt in heaven is ...
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that the bestowing on a man who is favour'd by heaven fuch an allegorical weapon , is very conformable to the old caftern way of thinking . Not only Homer has made ufe of it , but we find the Jewish hero in the book of Maccabees , who ...
that the bestowing on a man who is favour'd by heaven fuch an allegorical weapon , is very conformable to the old caftern way of thinking . Not only Homer has made ufe of it , but we find the Jewish hero in the book of Maccabees , who ...
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Adam Æneid affurance alfo angels arife bagnio beautiful becauſe behaviour character chearful chearfulneſs circumftances confequence confider confideration converfation defcribed defcription defign defire difcourfe dreffed faid fame fatire fays fecond fecret feems felf felves fenfe fent fentiments feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething foon fpeak fpirit ftill fubject fublime fuch gentleman give heav'n hiftory himſelf honeft honour houſe humble fervant imagination inftances itſelf juft Jupiter lady laft laſt lefs loft look mafter mankind manner Menippus Milton mind modeft moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never night obferved occafion Ovid paffage paffed paffion Paradife perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poem poet prefent raiſe reader reafon reft reprefented rife ſhall ſhe Sir ROGER ſpeak SPECTATOR tell thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion uſe Virg virtue whofe whole worfe