The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... whole compass of business , and have signaliz'd your self in all the dif- ferent scenes of it . We admire fome for the dignity , others for the popularity of their behaviour ; fome for their clearness of judg- ment , others for their ...
... whole compass of business , and have signaliz'd your self in all the dif- ferent scenes of it . We admire fome for the dignity , others for the popularity of their behaviour ; fome for their clearness of judg- ment , others for their ...
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... whole life published like these five days of fit . it . I shall conclude my paper with an epitaph written by an uncertain author on Sir . Philip Sidney's fister , a lady , who seems to have been of a temper very much different from that ...
... whole life published like these five days of fit . it . I shall conclude my paper with an epitaph written by an uncertain author on Sir . Philip Sidney's fister , a lady , who seems to have been of a temper very much different from that ...
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... whole compass of his learning upon this subject , further informed us that there were still several nations in the world so very barbarous as not to have any looking - glasses among them ; and that he had lately read a voyage to the ...
... whole compass of his learning upon this subject , further informed us that there were still several nations in the world so very barbarous as not to have any looking - glasses among them ; and that he had lately read a voyage to the ...
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... whole passage from Milton , your • readers will be able to judge for themselves , and the quotation will not a little contribute to the filling up of your paper . Your humble fervant , R. T. The last confideration urged by my querist is ...
... whole passage from Milton , your • readers will be able to judge for themselves , and the quotation will not a little contribute to the filling up of your paper . Your humble fervant , R. T. The last confideration urged by my querist is ...
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... whole 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 ...
... whole 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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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