The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... poems out of those languages , that people generally talked of feeing themselves in wells , fountains , lakes ... poem . The defign of this letter is to defire your • thoughts , ، thoughts , whether there may not also be some N ...
... poems out of those languages , that people generally talked of feeing themselves in wells , fountains , lakes ... poem . The defign of this letter is to defire your • thoughts , ، thoughts , whether there may not also be some N ...
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... poem . That day I oft remember , when from Sleep I first awak'd , and found myself repos'd Under a shade , on flow'rs , much wond'ring where And what I was , whence hither brought , and horn . Not distant far from thence a murmuring ...
... poem . That day I oft remember , when from Sleep I first awak'd , and found myself repos'd Under a shade , on flow'rs , much wond'ring where And what I was , whence hither brought , and horn . Not distant far from thence a murmuring ...
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... poem , in preparing the reader for the several occurences that arife in it , founds , upon the above - mentioned circumftance , the first part of the fifth book . Adam upon his awaking finds Eve still asleep , with an unusual ...
... poem , in preparing the reader for the several occurences that arife in it , founds , upon the above - mentioned circumftance , the first part of the fifth book . Adam upon his awaking finds Eve still asleep , with an unusual ...
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... poem is finely presaged on this occafion , the particulars of it are fo artfully shadow'd , that they do not anticipate the story which follows in the ninth book . I shall only add , that tho ' the vision itself is founded upon truth ...
... poem is finely presaged on this occafion , the particulars of it are fo artfully shadow'd , that they do not anticipate the story which follows in the ninth book . I shall only add , that tho ' the vision itself is founded upon truth ...
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... poem , I proceed to the defcription which the poet gives of Raphael . His de- parture from before the throne , and his flight thro ' the choirs of angels , is finely imaged . As Miton every where fills his poem with circumstances that ...
... poem , I proceed to the defcription which the poet gives of Raphael . His de- parture from before the throne , and his flight thro ' the choirs of angels , is finely imaged . As Miton every where fills his poem with circumstances that ...
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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