The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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Page 40
... Figure ; and Tully's declamatory Inclination would have been as useless in Poetry . Nature , if left to herself , leads us on in the best Course , but will do nothing by Compulfion and Conftraint ; and if we are not fatisfied to go her ...
... Figure ; and Tully's declamatory Inclination would have been as useless in Poetry . Nature , if left to herself , leads us on in the best Course , but will do nothing by Compulfion and Conftraint ; and if we are not fatisfied to go her ...
Page 80
... Figures in Architecture , there are none that have a greater Air than the Concave and the Convex , and we find in all ... Figure of the Rainbow does not contribute lefs to its Magnificence , than the Colours to its Beauty , as it is very ...
... Figures in Architecture , there are none that have a greater Air than the Concave and the Convex , and we find in all ... Figure of the Rainbow does not contribute lefs to its Magnificence , than the Colours to its Beauty , as it is very ...
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... Figure , the black Lining of the Sclerotes effectually prevents their being • confounded by Reflexion . It is wonderful indeed to confider how many Objects the Eye is fitted to ⚫ take in at once , and fucceffively in an Inftant , and ...
... Figure , the black Lining of the Sclerotes effectually prevents their being • confounded by Reflexion . It is wonderful indeed to confider how many Objects the Eye is fitted to ⚫ take in at once , and fucceffively in an Inftant , and ...
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