The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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Page 11
... occafion . It fills ⚫ the Imagination with an Affemblage of fuch Ideas and Pictures as are hardly any thing but Shade , fuch as Night , the Devil , & c . Thefe Portraitures very near overpower the Light of the Understanding , almoft be ...
... occafion . It fills ⚫ the Imagination with an Affemblage of fuch Ideas and Pictures as are hardly any thing but Shade , fuch as Night , the Devil , & c . Thefe Portraitures very near overpower the Light of the Understanding , almoft be ...
Page 63
... Occafion . We cannot indeed have a fingle Image in the Fancy that did not make its first Entrance through the Sight ; but we have the Power of retain- ing , altering and compounding thofe Images , which we have once received , into all ...
... Occafion . We cannot indeed have a fingle Image in the Fancy that did not make its first Entrance through the Sight ; but we have the Power of retain- ing , altering and compounding thofe Images , which we have once received , into all ...
Page 254
... Occafion remarking on the ⚫ excellent Memories of thofe Devotionists , who upon re- turning from Church fhall give a particular Account " how two or three hundred People were dreffed ; a Thing , by reafon of its Variety , fo difficult ...
... Occafion remarking on the ⚫ excellent Memories of thofe Devotionists , who upon re- turning from Church fhall give a particular Account " how two or three hundred People were dreffed ; a Thing , by reafon of its Variety , fo difficult ...
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