The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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... most part fets us upon a Level , and obferves a kind of Proportion in its Difpenfa- tions towards us . If it renders us perfect in one Accom- plishment , it generally leaves us defective in another , and feems careful rather of ...
... most part fets us upon a Level , and obferves a kind of Proportion in its Difpenfa- tions towards us . If it renders us perfect in one Accom- plishment , it generally leaves us defective in another , and feems careful rather of ...
Page 113
... most of them , lie out of Nature , and were to be formed purely by his own Invention . It fhews a greater Genius in ... most unbounded Invention , and the most exqui- fite Judgment , could have filled their Converfation and Be- Behaviour ...
... most of them , lie out of Nature , and were to be formed purely by his own Invention . It fhews a greater Genius in ... most unbounded Invention , and the most exqui- fite Judgment , could have filled their Converfation and Be- Behaviour ...
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... 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 of Fable , which is the most perfect in Tragedy , is not fo proper for an Heroic Poem ...
... 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 of Fable , which is the most perfect in Tragedy , is not fo proper for an Heroic Poem ...
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