The Spectator, Volume 5W. Wilson, 1778 |
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... mankind , For one man's fault , thus guiltless be condemn'd , If guiltless ? but from me what can proceed But all corrupt ? - Who can afterwards behold the father of mankind , extended upon the earth , uttering his midnight com- plaints ...
... mankind , For one man's fault , thus guiltless be condemn'd , If guiltless ? but from me what can proceed But all corrupt ? - Who can afterwards behold the father of mankind , extended upon the earth , uttering his midnight com- plaints ...
Page 204
... mankind to the first great period of na- ture , difpatches the remaining part of it in narration . He has devifed a very handfome reafon for the angel's proceeding with Adam after this manner ; though doubtless the true reafon was the ...
... mankind to the first great period of na- ture , difpatches the remaining part of it in narration . He has devifed a very handfome reafon for the angel's proceeding with Adam after this manner ; though doubtless the true reafon was the ...
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... mankind , in the laft view which he gives us of him , under the lowest state of mortification and difappointment . We fee him chewing afhes , grovelling in the dust , and loaden with fupernunierary pains and torments . On the contrary ...
... mankind , in the laft view which he gives us of him , under the lowest state of mortification and difappointment . We fee him chewing afhes , grovelling in the dust , and loaden with fupernunierary pains and torments . On the contrary ...
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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