The Spectator, Volume 5J. Tonson, 1729 - English essays |
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Page 76
... Inftances out of ancient Authors to fup- port this his Opinion . The Pathetick , as that great Cri- tick obferves ... Inftance of that Sublime which is not mixed and worked up with Paffion . The Author appears in a kind of compofed ...
... Inftances out of ancient Authors to fup- port this his Opinion . The Pathetick , as that great Cri- tick obferves ... Inftance of that Sublime which is not mixed and worked up with Paffion . The Author appears in a kind of compofed ...
Page 83
... Inftance of a noble Mind , to bear great Qualities without difcovering in a Man's Behaviour any Consciousness that he is fuperior to the reft of the World . Or , to fay it otherwife , it is the Duty of a great Person so to demean ...
... Inftance of a noble Mind , to bear great Qualities without difcovering in a Man's Behaviour any Consciousness that he is fuperior to the reft of the World . Or , to fay it otherwife , it is the Duty of a great Person so to demean ...
Page 87
... Inftance of this in a Tragedy were there is not only a Death but a Martyrdom . St. Catherine was there perfonated by Nell Gwin ; fhe lies ftone dead upon the Stage , but upon thofe Gentlemens offering to remove her Body , whose Bufinefs ...
... Inftance of this in a Tragedy were there is not only a Death but a Martyrdom . St. Catherine was there perfonated by Nell Gwin ; fhe lies ftone dead upon the Stage , but upon thofe Gentlemens offering to remove her Body , whose Bufinefs ...
Page 115
... Inftance that the Sexes are equally inclined to Defamation , with equal Malice , with equal Impotence . Jack Triplett came into my Lady Airy's about Eight of the Clock . You know the manner we fit at a Vifit , and I need not defcribe ...
... Inftance that the Sexes are equally inclined to Defamation , with equal Malice , with equal Impotence . Jack Triplett came into my Lady Airy's about Eight of the Clock . You know the manner we fit at a Vifit , and I need not defcribe ...
Page 118
... Inftance of it in our Countryman Sir Thomas More . THIS great and learned Man was famous for enliven- ing his ... Inftances of that Good - Humour with which gave 118 N ° 349 . The SPECTATOR . AS there is not a more melancholy ...
... Inftance of it in our Countryman Sir Thomas More . THIS great and learned Man was famous for enliven- ing his ... Inftances of that Good - Humour with which gave 118 N ° 349 . The SPECTATOR . AS there is not a more melancholy ...
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