The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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Page 84
... moft apt to affect the Imagination . IT may be here worth our while to examine how it comes to pafs that feveral Readers , who are all acquainted with the fame Language , and know the Meaning of the Words they read , fhould nevertheless ...
... moft apt to affect the Imagination . IT may be here worth our while to examine how it comes to pafs that feveral Readers , who are all acquainted with the fame Language , and know the Meaning of the Words they read , fhould nevertheless ...
Page 183
... moft fickle , moft uneafy Part , Thou restless Wanderer , my Heart , Be fill ; gently , ab ! gently leave , Thou bufy , idle Thing , to heave . Stir not a Pulfe ; and let my Blood , That turbulent , unruly Flood , Be foftly flaid ; Let ...
... moft fickle , moft uneafy Part , Thou restless Wanderer , my Heart , Be fill ; gently , ab ! gently leave , Thou bufy , idle Thing , to heave . Stir not a Pulfe ; and let my Blood , That turbulent , unruly Flood , Be foftly flaid ; Let ...
Page 198
... moft Excellent , and Cuftom will render it the most De- lightful . Men , whofe Circumftances will permit them to choose their own way of Life , are inexcufable if they do not purfue that which their Judgment tells them is the moft ...
... moft Excellent , and Cuftom will render it the most De- lightful . Men , whofe Circumftances will permit them to choose their own way of Life , are inexcufable if they do not purfue that which their Judgment tells them is the moft ...
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