The Spectator, Volume 5W. Wilson, 1778 |
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Page 79
... themselves ; tho ' he afterwards takes off from it , by telling us , that the hours first of all removed those prodigious heaps of clouds which lay as a barrier before them . I do not know any thing in the whole poem more fublime than ...
... themselves ; tho ' he afterwards takes off from it , by telling us , that the hours first of all removed those prodigious heaps of clouds which lay as a barrier before them . I do not know any thing in the whole poem more fublime than ...
Page 148
... themselves , without any future regards in this or any other being ; upon ftricter inquiry they will find , to act worthily , and expect to be rewarded only in another world , is as heroic a pitch of virtue as human nature can arrive at ...
... themselves , without any future regards in this or any other being ; upon ftricter inquiry they will find , to act worthily , and expect to be rewarded only in another world , is as heroic a pitch of virtue as human nature can arrive at ...
Page 168
... themselves a little too much upon their drefs , and confequently to value others in fome measure upon the fame confideration . With what confufion is a man of figure obliged to return the civilities of the hat to a perfon whofe air and ...
... themselves a little too much upon their drefs , and confequently to value others in fome measure upon the fame confideration . With what confufion is a man of figure obliged to return the civilities of the hat to a perfon whofe air and ...
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