The Spectator, Volume 5W. Wilson, 1778 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 34
Page 88
· ४ < " C < " felves , pieces entirely detached from the play , and no way effential to it . The moment the play ends , Mrs. Oldfield is no more Andromache , but Mrs. Oldfield ; and tho ' the poet had left Andromache ftone - dead upon ...
· ४ < " C < " felves , pieces entirely detached from the play , and no way effential to it . The moment the play ends , Mrs. Oldfield is no more Andromache , but Mrs. Oldfield ; and tho ' the poet had left Andromache ftone - dead upon ...
Page 170
... play called the Humorous Lieutenant . Upon the rifing of the curtain I was very much furprised with the great confort of cat - calls which was exhibited that evening , and began to think with myself that I had made a mistake , and gone ...
... play called the Humorous Lieutenant . Upon the rifing of the curtain I was very much furprised with the great confort of cat - calls which was exhibited that evening , and began to think with myself that I had made a mistake , and gone ...
Page 173
... player . In fhort , he teaches the fmut - note , the fuftian- note , the ftupid - note , and has compofed a kind of air that may ferve as an act - tune to an incorrigible play , and which takes in the whole compafs of the cat - call ...
... player . In fhort , he teaches the fmut - note , the fuftian- note , the ftupid - note , and has compofed a kind of air that may ferve as an act - tune to an incorrigible play , and which takes in the whole compafs of the cat - call ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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