The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... tion 5 ⚫tion to a fortune which he now thought desperate ; N ° 330 39 THE SPECTATOR . T ...
... tion 5 ⚫tion to a fortune which he now thought desperate ; N ° 330 39 THE SPECTATOR . T ...
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⚫tion to a fortune which he now thought desperate ; in- • fomuch that he died without a will , having before bu- ⚫ried my mother in the midst of his other misfortunes . I was fixteen years of age when I lost my father ; and an ...
⚫tion to a fortune which he now thought desperate ; in- • fomuch that he died without a will , having before bu- ⚫ried my mother in the midst of his other misfortunes . I was fixteen years of age when I lost my father ; and an ...
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... tion was so inflamed with this great scene of action , that where - ever he speaks of it , he rises if possible , above himself . Thus where he mentions Satan in the beginning of his poem . - Him the almighty Power Hurl'd beadlong ...
... tion was so inflamed with this great scene of action , that where - ever he speaks of it , he rises if possible , above himself . Thus where he mentions Satan in the beginning of his poem . - Him the almighty Power Hurl'd beadlong ...
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... tion , and rather divert the mind than astonish it . Mil- zon has taken every thing that is fublime in these several passages , and composes out of them the following great image . 4 From From their foundations loos'ning to and fro ...
... tion , and rather divert the mind than astonish it . Mil- zon has taken every thing that is fublime in these several passages , and composes out of them the following great image . 4 From From their foundations loos'ning to and fro ...
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... tion , were he a dancer . This is so dangerous a subject to treat with gravity , that I shall not at present enter into it any further ; but the author of the following letter has treated it in the essay he speaks of in such a manner ...
... tion , were he a dancer . This is so dangerous a subject to treat with gravity , that I shall not at present enter into it any further ; but the author of the following letter has treated it in the essay he speaks of in such a manner ...
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