The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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... must en- deavour to fink it to their own Pitch , if they would still keep themselves upon a Level with them . THE greatest Wits that ever were produced in one Age , lived together in fo good an Understanding , and celebrated one another ...
... must en- deavour to fink it to their own Pitch , if they would still keep themselves upon a Level with them . THE greatest Wits that ever were produced in one Age , lived together in fo good an Understanding , and celebrated one another ...
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... must propofe , that no one fet his Heart upon what is tranfient ; the Beauty grows wrinkled while we are yet gazing at her . The witty Man finks into an Humourift imperceptibly , for want of reflecting that all Things around him are in ...
... must propofe , that no one fet his Heart upon what is tranfient ; the Beauty grows wrinkled while we are yet gazing at her . The witty Man finks into an Humourift imperceptibly , for want of reflecting that all Things around him are in ...
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... 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 . MILTON feems to have been fenfible of this Im- perfection in his Fable , and has therefore endeavoured to ...
... 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 . MILTON feems to have been fenfible of this Im- perfection in his Fable , and has therefore endeavoured to ...
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