The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 - English essays |
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Page 98
... beautiful . The Messiah , by whom , as we are told in scripture , the heavens were made , goes forth in the power of his Father , surrounded with an host of angels , and clothed with such a majesty as becomes his entering upon a work ...
... beautiful . The Messiah , by whom , as we are told in scripture , the heavens were made , goes forth in the power of his Father , surrounded with an host of angels , and clothed with such a majesty as becomes his entering upon a work ...
Page 104
... beautiful a redundancy of the imagination . The author has shewn us that design in all the works of nature , which necessarily leads us to the knowledge of its first cause . In short , he has illustrated , by numberless and ...
... beautiful a redundancy of the imagination . The author has shewn us that design in all the works of nature , which necessarily leads us to the knowledge of its first cause . In short , he has illustrated , by numberless and ...
Page 128
... beautiful descrip- tion of the impression which this discourse of the archangel made on our first parents . Adam after- wards , by a very natural curiosity , inquires con- cerning the motions of those celestial bodies which make the ...
... beautiful descrip- tion of the impression which this discourse of the archangel made on our first parents . Adam after- wards , by a very natural curiosity , inquires con- cerning the motions of those celestial bodies which make the ...
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action Adam ADDISON Æneas Æneid agreeable angels appear Aurengzebe bagnio beautiful behaviour behold character cheerfulness circumstances consider creature dæmon death delight desire discourse DRYDEN earth endeavoured entertainment epilogue eyes fair father fortune gentleman give hand happy head hear heart heaven Homer honour humble servant Iliad imagination innocence John Sharpe Jupiter kind lady learning letter live look mankind manner MARCH 13 Margaret Clark Menippus Milton mind Mohocks nature never night obliged observed occasion OVID paper Paradise particular passage passion Paul Lorrain person pleased pleasure poem poet present prince racter reader reason received says shew Sir Richard Baker Sir Roger soon speak SPECTATOR spirit STEELE sublime take notice Tarpeia tell thee thing thou thought tion told town VIRG virtue whole woman yard land young