The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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... OVID . Trist . ii . 566 . ADAPTED . My paper flows from no satyric vein , Contains no poison , and conveys no pain . I THINK myself highly obliged to the public for their kind acceptance of a paper which visits them every morning , and ...
... OVID . Trist . ii . 566 . ADAPTED . My paper flows from no satyric vein , Contains no poison , and conveys no pain . I THINK myself highly obliged to the public for their kind acceptance of a paper which visits them every morning , and ...
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... OVID . de Art . Am . iii . 7 . But some exclaim ; What frenzy rules your mind ; Would you increase the craft of womankind ! Teach them new wiles and arts ? As well you may Instruct a snake to bite , or wolfe to prey . CONGREVR . ONE of ...
... OVID . de Art . Am . iii . 7 . But some exclaim ; What frenzy rules your mind ; Would you increase the craft of womankind ! Teach them new wiles and arts ? As well you may Instruct a snake to bite , or wolfe to prey . CONGREVR . ONE of ...
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... Ovid , in his Art of Love , has given some precepts as to this particular , though I find they are different from those which prevail among the moderns . He recommends a red striped silk to the pale complexion ; white to the brown , and ...
... Ovid , in his Art of Love , has given some precepts as to this particular , though I find they are different from those which prevail among the moderns . He recommends a red striped silk to the pale complexion ; white to the brown , and ...
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... OVID , Ars . Am . i . 241 . Most rare is now our old simplicity .. DRYDEN . I was this morning surprised with a great knocking at the door , when my landlady's daughter came up to me , and told me that there was a man below de- sired to ...
... OVID , Ars . Am . i . 241 . Most rare is now our old simplicity .. DRYDEN . I was this morning surprised with a great knocking at the door , when my landlady's daughter came up to me , and told me that there was a man below de- sired to ...
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... OVID . Met . lib . iv . ver . 428 . Receive instruction from an enemy . I PRESUME I need not inform the polite part of my readers , that before our correspondence with France was unhappily interrupted by the war our ladies had all their ...
... OVID . Met . lib . iv . ver . 428 . Receive instruction from an enemy . I PRESUME I need not inform the polite part of my readers , that before our correspondence with France was unhappily interrupted by the war our ladies had all their ...
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