The Spectator, Volume 5W. Wilson, 1778 |
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Page 120
... Death only clofes a man's reputation , and determines it as good or bad . This , among other motives , may be one reafon why we are naturally averfe to the launching out into a man's praife till his head is laid in the duft . Whilft he ...
... Death only clofes a man's reputation , and determines it as good or bad . This , among other motives , may be one reafon why we are naturally averfe to the launching out into a man's praife till his head is laid in the duft . Whilft he ...
Page 153
... Death as march- ing thro ' the works of Nature , he adds , < Behind her Death Clofe following pace for pace , not mounted yet On his pale hoife- Which alludes to that paffage in feripture fo wonder- fully poetical , and terrifying to ...
... Death as march- ing thro ' the works of Nature , he adds , < Behind her Death Clofe following pace for pace , not mounted yet On his pale hoife- Which alludes to that paffage in feripture fo wonder- fully poetical , and terrifying to ...
Page 182
... death ? is this the way I must return to native duft ? O fight Of terror foul , and ugly to behold , Horrid to think , how horrible to feel ! The fecond vifion fets before him the image of death in a great variety of appearances . The ...
... death ? is this the way I must return to native duft ? O fight Of terror foul , and ugly to behold , Horrid to think , how horrible to feel ! The fecond vifion fets before him the image of death in a great variety of appearances . The ...
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Adam Æneid affurance agreeable alfo angels arife Aurengzebe bagnio beautiful becauſe behaviour beſt chearfulness circumftances confider confideration converfation defcribed defcription defign defire difcourfe dreffed faid fame fays fecond fecret feems felf fenfe fent fentiments feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft fome fomething foon fpeak fpirit ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fuffered fure furprife give heav'n himſelf honeft honour houfe houſe humble fervant Iliad imagination inftance itſelf juft Jupiter ladies laft laſt lefs loft look mafter mankind manner Menippus Milton mind moft Mohocks moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never night obferved occafion Ovid paffage paffed paffion Paradife perfon pleafed pleaſed pleaſure poem poet prefent raiſed reader reafon reft reprefented rife ſeveral ſhall ſhe Sir ROGER SPECTATOR tell thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought uſe VIRG virtue whofe whole