The Spectator, Volume 5W. Wilson, 1778 |
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Page 53
... reader . There are indeed fo many wonderful ftrokes of po- etry in this book , and such a variety of fublime ideas , that it would have been impoffible to have given them a place within the bounds of this paper . Befides that I find it ...
... reader . There are indeed fo many wonderful ftrokes of po- etry in this book , and such a variety of fublime ideas , that it would have been impoffible to have given them a place within the bounds of this paper . Befides that I find it ...
Page 56
... reader's imagi- nation , and give him a fuitable idea of fo great an action . With what art has the poet reprefented the whole body of the earth trembling , even before it was created ? All bear'n refounded , and had earth been then ...
... reader's imagi- nation , and give him a fuitable idea of fo great an action . With what art has the poet reprefented the whole body of the earth trembling , even before it was created ? All bear'n refounded , and had earth been then ...
Page 155
... readers . Adam and Eve , in the book we are now confidering , are likewife drawn with fuch , fentiments as do not only intereft the reader in their afflictions , but raife in him the moft melting paffions of humanity and , commiferation ...
... readers . Adam and Eve , in the book we are now confidering , are likewife drawn with fuch , fentiments as do not only intereft the reader in their afflictions , but raife in him the moft melting paffions of humanity and , commiferation ...
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