The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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Page 202
Beauty of the laft Age , and was followed by Crouds of Adorers , whofe Paffions only pleafed her , as they gave her Opportunities of playing the Tyrant . She then contracted that awful Caft of the Eye and forbidding Frown , which fhe ...
Beauty of the laft Age , and was followed by Crouds of Adorers , whofe Paffions only pleafed her , as they gave her Opportunities of playing the Tyrant . She then contracted that awful Caft of the Eye and forbidding Frown , which fhe ...
Page 207
... Beauty in Diftrefs , is an Object that carries in it fomething inexpreffibly mov- ing : It foftens the moft manly Heart with the tendereft Senfations of Love and Compaffion , ' till at length it con- feffes its Humanity , and flows out ...
... Beauty in Diftrefs , is an Object that carries in it fomething inexpreffibly mov- ing : It foftens the moft manly Heart with the tendereft Senfations of Love and Compaffion , ' till at length it con- feffes its Humanity , and flows out ...
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... Beauty , merely as fuch , is inconfiftent with a tolerable Reflexion upon yourfelf : The chearful good - humoured Creatures , into whose heads it never entered that they could make any Man unhappy , are the Perfons formed for making Men ...
... Beauty , merely as fuch , is inconfiftent with a tolerable Reflexion upon yourfelf : The chearful good - humoured Creatures , into whose heads it never entered that they could make any Man unhappy , are the Perfons formed for making Men ...
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Action Æneid Affembly againſt agreeable alſo anſwer Beauty becauſe befides Behaviour Cafe Character Circumftances confider Confideration Converfation Criticks defcribed Defign Defire Difcourfe diſcover Drefs Enville Fable faid fame feems feen feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon Fortune fpeak Friend ftill fuch fufficient give greateſt Happineſs herſelf himſelf Homer Honour Houfe Houſe humble Servant Iliad infert itſelf kind Lady laft laſt lefs look Love Mafter Mankind manner Marriage Meaſure Milton Mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf Nature Number obferved Occafion ourſelves Ovid Paffage paffed Paffion Paradife Loft particular Perfon Place pleafed pleaſe Pleaſure Poem Poet poffible prefent publick racter raiſe Reader Reaſon Reflexion reprefented Senfe Sentiments ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe Thoughts thouſand tion underſtand uſed Virgil Virtue whofe Woman World young