The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 50
... her victorious bands Pursuing It requir'd great pregnancy of invention , and strength of imagination , to fill this battle with such circumstances as 3 as should raise and aftonish the mind of the 50 No 333 THE SPECTATOR .
... her victorious bands Pursuing It requir'd great pregnancy of invention , and strength of imagination , to fill this battle with such circumstances as 3 as should raise and aftonish the mind of the 50 No 333 THE SPECTATOR .
Page 51
3 as should raise and aftonish the mind of the reader ; and at the fame time an exactness of judgment , to avoid every thing that might appear light or trivial . Those who look into Homer , are furpris'd to find his battles still rifing ...
3 as should raise and aftonish the mind of the reader ; and at the fame time an exactness of judgment , to avoid every thing that might appear light or trivial . Those who look into Homer , are furpris'd to find his battles still rifing ...
Page 55
... raises such a tempeft , that the whole field of battle and all the tops of the mountains shake about them . The poet tells us , that Pluto himself , whose habitation was in the very centre of the earth , was fo affrighted at the shock ...
... raises such a tempeft , that the whole field of battle and all the tops of the mountains shake about them . The poet tells us , that Pluto himself , whose habitation was in the very centre of the earth , was fo affrighted at the shock ...
Page 66
... raise us above ' the attacks of contradiction . Now , Sir , as you would ⚫ enliven our activity in the pursuit of learning , take our case into confideration ; and , with a glofs on brave • Elihu's sentiments , affert the rights of ...
... raise us above ' the attacks of contradiction . Now , Sir , as you would ⚫ enliven our activity in the pursuit of learning , take our case into confideration ; and , with a glofs on brave • Elihu's sentiments , affert the rights of ...
Page 88
... raise mirth , and send away the audience well- pleased . The farme person , who has supported the chief • character in the tragedy , very often plays the princi- • pal part in the Petite Piece ; to that I have myself feen • at 6 at ...
... raise mirth , and send away the audience well- pleased . The farme person , who has supported the chief • character in the tragedy , very often plays the princi- • pal part in the Petite Piece ; to that I have myself feen • at 6 at ...
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