The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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Page 114
... Thoughts as are Natural , unless it abound al- fo with fuch as are Sublime . Virgil in this Particular falls fhort of Homer . He has not indeed fo many Thoughts that are Low and Vulgar ; but at the fame time has not fo many Thoughts ...
... Thoughts as are Natural , unless it abound al- fo with fuch as are Sublime . Virgil in this Particular falls fhort of Homer . He has not indeed fo many Thoughts that are Low and Vulgar ; but at the fame time has not fo many Thoughts ...
Page 207
... thought- lefs and easy as if he were the moft happy Creature in the World , I am tranfported with Admiration ... Thoughts are wholly bent upon Conqueft and arbi- trary Power . That fhe has fome Wit and Beauty no Body denies , and ...
... thought- lefs and easy as if he were the moft happy Creature in the World , I am tranfported with Admiration ... Thoughts are wholly bent upon Conqueft and arbi- trary Power . That fhe has fome Wit and Beauty no Body denies , and ...
Page 297
... Thoughts ought always to take a Tincture from the Woods , Fields , and Rivers , fo we may obferve , that our firft Parents feldom lofe Sight of their happy Station in any thing they speak or do ; and , if the Reader will give me leave ...
... Thoughts ought always to take a Tincture from the Woods , Fields , and Rivers , fo we may obferve , that our firft Parents feldom lofe Sight of their happy Station in any thing they speak or do ; and , if the Reader will give me leave ...
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