The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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... tion or an Adverb . It would be yet more ftrange , to reprefent visible Objects by Sounds that have no Ideas annexed to them , and to make fomething like Defcrip tion in Mufick . Yet it is certain , there may be confused , imperfect ...
... tion or an Adverb . It would be yet more ftrange , to reprefent visible Objects by Sounds that have no Ideas annexed to them , and to make fomething like Defcrip tion in Mufick . Yet it is certain , there may be confused , imperfect ...
Page 90
... tion to excite the Image . BUT if the Defcription of what is Little , Common , or Deformed , be acceptable to the Imagination , the De- fcription of what is Great , Surprifing , or Beautiful , is much more fo ; becaufe here we are not ...
... tion to excite the Image . BUT if the Defcription of what is Little , Common , or Deformed , be acceptable to the Imagination , the De- fcription of what is Great , Surprifing , or Beautiful , is much more fo ; becaufe here we are not ...
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... tion : But the most agreeable Amusement feems to be ⚫ the well choofing , mixing , and binding together these Flowers in pleafing Nofegays to prefent to Ladies . The Scent of Italian Flowers is obferved , like their ' other Perfumes ...
... tion : But the most agreeable Amusement feems to be ⚫ the well choofing , mixing , and binding together these Flowers in pleafing Nofegays to prefent to Ladies . The Scent of Italian Flowers is obferved , like their ' other Perfumes ...
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