The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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Page 17
... firft Letter to Flavia , and by frequent Errands ever fince , is well known to her . The Fellow covers his Knowledge of the Nature of his Meffages with the most exquifite low Humour imaginable : The firft he obliged Flavia to take , was ...
... firft Letter to Flavia , and by frequent Errands ever fince , is well known to her . The Fellow covers his Knowledge of the Nature of his Meffages with the most exquifite low Humour imaginable : The firft he obliged Flavia to take , was ...
Page 87
... firft ftrikes the Ima- gination wonderfully with what is Great , the fecond with what is Beautiful , and the last with what is Strange . Reading the Iliad is like travelling through a Country un- inhabited , where the Fancy is ...
... firft ftrikes the Ima- gination wonderfully with what is Great , the fecond with what is Beautiful , and the last with what is Strange . Reading the Iliad is like travelling through a Country un- inhabited , where the Fancy is ...
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... firft an Exercise , becomes at length an Entertainment . Our Employments are changed into our Diverfions . The Mind grows fond of thofe Actions fhe is accustomed to , and is drawn with Reluctancy from those Paths in which fhe has ufed ...
... firft an Exercise , becomes at length an Entertainment . Our Employments are changed into our Diverfions . The Mind grows fond of thofe Actions fhe is accustomed to , and is drawn with Reluctancy from those Paths in which fhe has ufed ...
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