The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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Page 185
... firft kind ; notwithstanding many excellent Pieces among the Anci- ents , as well as most of those which have been written of late Years in our own Country , are raised upon con- trary Plans . I must however own , that I ink this kind ...
... firft kind ; notwithstanding many excellent Pieces among the Anci- ents , as well as most of those which have been written of late Years in our own Country , are raised upon con- trary Plans . I must however own , that I ink this kind ...
Page 214
... firft Occafion of fuch a Super- stition . We came to a fair large River- -doubtless the Ancient River Adonis , fo famous for the Idola- trous Rites performed here in Lamentation of Adonis . We had the Fortune to fee what may be fuppofed ...
... firft Occafion of fuch a Super- stition . We came to a fair large River- -doubtless the Ancient River Adonis , fo famous for the Idola- trous Rites performed here in Lamentation of Adonis . We had the Fortune to fee what may be fuppofed ...
Page 241
... firft Book as befmeared with the Blood of Human Sacrifices , and delighted with the Tears of Parents and the Cries of Children . In the Second Book he is marked , out as the fierceft Spirit that fought in Heaven : and if we confider the ...
... firft Book as befmeared with the Blood of Human Sacrifices , and delighted with the Tears of Parents and the Cries of Children . In the Second Book he is marked , out as the fierceft Spirit that fought in Heaven : and if we confider the ...
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