The Spectator, Volume 6J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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Page 11
Thefe Portraitures very near ' overpower the Light of the Understanding , almost benight the Faculties , and give that melancholy Tincture to the most fanguine Complexion , which this Gentleman calls an Inclination to be in a ...
Thefe Portraitures very near ' overpower the Light of the Understanding , almost benight the Faculties , and give that melancholy Tincture to the most fanguine Complexion , which this Gentleman calls an Inclination to be in a ...
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For there is as much Difference in apprehending a Thought clothed in Cicero's Language , and that of a common Author , as in feeing an Object by the Light of a Taper , or by the Light of the Sun. IT is very difficult to lay down Rules ...
For there is as much Difference in apprehending a Thought clothed in Cicero's Language , and that of a common Author , as in feeing an Object by the Light of a Taper , or by the Light of the Sun. IT is very difficult to lay down Rules ...
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... of this Vifionary Beauty poured out upon the whole Creation ; but what a rough unfightly Sketch of Nature fhould we be entertained with , did all her Colouring disappear , and the feveral Diftinctions of Light and Shade vanish ?
... of this Vifionary Beauty poured out upon the whole Creation ; but what a rough unfightly Sketch of Nature fhould we be entertained with , did all her Colouring disappear , and the feveral Diftinctions of Light and Shade vanish ?
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 6 The Spectator, Sir Richard Steele |
| Contributors | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele |
| Publisher | J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Jan 4, 2007 |
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