The Spectator, Volume 5W. Wilson, 1778 |
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Page 153
... nature , and which are woven with great beauty into the body of the fable . Of this kind is that paffage in the prefent book , where defcribing Sin and Death as march- ing thro ' the works of Nature , he adds , < Behind her Death Clofe ...
... nature , and which are woven with great beauty into the body of the fable . Of this kind is that paffage in the prefent book , where defcribing Sin and Death as march- ing thro ' the works of Nature , he adds , < Behind her Death Clofe ...
Page 159
... nature are thofe expreffions , where defcribing the finging of the nightingale , he adds , Silence was pleafed ; ' and upon the Methah's bidding peace to the chaos , " Con- fufion heard his voice . ' I might add innumerable in- ftances ...
... nature are thofe expreffions , where defcribing the finging of the nightingale , he adds , Silence was pleafed ; ' and upon the Methah's bidding peace to the chaos , " Con- fufion heard his voice . ' I might add innumerable in- ftances ...
Page 274
... Nature , and how they are at the fame time both ufe- ful and entertaining , we find that the most important parts in the vegetable world are thofe which are the moft beautiful . These are the feeds by which the feve- ral races of plants ...
... Nature , and how they are at the fame time both ufe- ful and entertaining , we find that the most important parts in the vegetable world are thofe which are the moft beautiful . These are the feeds by which the feve- ral races of plants ...
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