The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 29
... represented in very lively colours . Several of the French , Italian , and English poets have given a loose to their imaginations in the description of an- gels : But I do not remember to have met with any so finely drawn , and so ...
... represented in very lively colours . Several of the French , Italian , and English poets have given a loose to their imaginations in the description of an- gels : But I do not remember to have met with any so finely drawn , and so ...
Page 30
... represented as fitting down at table with Adam , and eating of the fruits of Paradise . The occafion naturally leads him to his discourse on the food of angels . After having thus entered into conversation with man upon more indifferent ...
... represented as fitting down at table with Adam , and eating of the fruits of Paradise . The occafion naturally leads him to his discourse on the food of angels . After having thus entered into conversation with man upon more indifferent ...
Page 51
... represented as the arms of the Almighty . The tearing up the hills was not altogether so daring a thought as the former . We are , in fome measure , prepared for fuch an incident by the description of the giants war , which we meet with ...
... represented as the arms of the Almighty . The tearing up the hills was not altogether so daring a thought as the former . We are , in fome measure , prepared for fuch an incident by the description of the giants war , which we meet with ...
Page 54
... represented as retiring out of the fight , and making an outcry louder than that of a whole army when it begins the charge . Homer adds , that the Greeks and Trojans , who were en- gaged in a general battle , were terrified on each fide ...
... represented as retiring out of the fight , and making an outcry louder than that of a whole army when it begins the charge . Homer adds , that the Greeks and Trojans , who were en- gaged in a general battle , were terrified on each fide ...
Page 56
... represented the whole body of the earth trembling , even before it was created ? All heav'n refounded , and had earth been then , All earth had to its centre shook In how fublime and just a manner does he afterwards describe the whole ...
... represented the whole body of the earth trembling , even before it was created ? All heav'n refounded , and had earth been then , All earth had to its centre shook In how fublime and just a manner does he afterwards describe the whole ...
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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