The Spectator, Volume 5J. Tonson, 1729 - English essays |
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Page 13
... second Act . Mr. Froth talked to a Gentleman in a black Wig . Bowed to a Lady in the front Box . Mr. Froth and his Friend clapp'd Nicolini in the third Act . Mr. Froth cried out Ancora . Mr. Froth led me to my Chair . I think he ...
... second Act . Mr. Froth talked to a Gentleman in a black Wig . Bowed to a Lady in the front Box . Mr. Froth and his Friend clapp'd Nicolini in the third Act . Mr. Froth cried out Ancora . Mr. Froth led me to my Chair . I think he ...
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... second ; and shew why I have confidered the facking of Troy as an Episode , according to the common Acceptation of that Word . But as this would be a dry unentertaining Piece of Criticism , and perhaps unneceffary to those who have read ...
... second ; and shew why I have confidered the facking of Troy as an Episode , according to the common Acceptation of that Word . But as this would be a dry unentertaining Piece of Criticism , and perhaps unneceffary to those who have read ...
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... second . What when we fled amain , pursu'd and strook With Heav'n's afflicting Thunder , and befought The Deep to shelter us ; this Hell then seem'd A Refuge from those Wounds IN fhort , the Poet never mentions any thing of this Battel ...
... second . What when we fled amain , pursu'd and strook With Heav'n's afflicting Thunder , and befought The Deep to shelter us ; this Hell then seem'd A Refuge from those Wounds IN fhort , the Poet never mentions any thing of this Battel ...
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... second Day's Engagement is apt to startle an Imagination , which has not been raised and qualify'd for such a Description , by the reading of the ancient Poets , and of Homer in particular . It was certainly a very bold Thought in our ...
... second Day's Engagement is apt to startle an Imagination , which has not been raised and qualify'd for such a Description , by the reading of the ancient Poets , and of Homer in particular . It was certainly a very bold Thought in our ...
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... second Book relates , that Pythagoras , in paffing by a Smith's Shop , found that the Sounds proceed- ing from the Hammers were either more grave or acute , according to the different Weights of the Hammers . The Philofopher , to ...
... second Book relates , that Pythagoras , in paffing by a Smith's Shop , found that the Sounds proceed- ing from the Hammers were either more grave or acute , according to the different Weights of the Hammers . The Philofopher , to ...
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