The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 35
... confider what a paradox I undertook to maintain in the begin- ning of my epistle , and which manifestly appears to be ' but too melancholy a truth . And now I heartily wish the relation I have given of my misfortunes may be : ' of ufe ...
... confider what a paradox I undertook to maintain in the begin- ning of my epistle , and which manifestly appears to be ' but too melancholy a truth . And now I heartily wish the relation I have given of my misfortunes may be : ' of ufe ...
Page 57
... confider'd it , to mention the force of reason on such a subject , will ap . pear fantastical ; but when you have a little attended to it , an affsembly of men will have quite another view : and they will tell you , it is evident from ...
... confider'd it , to mention the force of reason on such a subject , will ap . pear fantastical ; but when you have a little attended to it , an affsembly of men will have quite another view : and they will tell you , it is evident from ...
Page 109
... confider the offices of human life , there is , methinks , something in what we ordina- rily call generosity , which , when carefully exa- mined , seems to flow rather from a loose and unguarded temper , than an honest and liberal mind ...
... confider the offices of human life , there is , methinks , something in what we ordina- rily call generosity , which , when carefully exa- mined , seems to flow rather from a loose and unguarded temper , than an honest and liberal mind ...
Page 145
... Confider with thyself whether his reproaches are true : If they are not , consider that thou art not the perfon whom he reproaches , but that he reviles an imaginary being , and perhaps loves what thou really art , tho ' he hates what ...
... Confider with thyself whether his reproaches are true : If they are not , consider that thou art not the perfon whom he reproaches , but that he reviles an imaginary being , and perhaps loves what thou really art , tho ' he hates what ...
Page 154
... confider the infernal agents under the view which Milton has given us of them in this book . It is observed by those who would fet forth the greatness of Virgil's plan , that he conducts his reader through all the parts of the earth ...
... confider the infernal agents under the view which Milton has given us of them in this book . It is observed by those who would fet forth the greatness of Virgil's plan , that he conducts his reader through all the parts of the earth ...
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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