The British Essayists: SpectatorAlexander Chalmers J. M'Creery, Printer, 1817 - English essays |
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... VIRG . Æn . iv . 285 . This way and that the anxious mind is torn . WHEN I acquaint my reader , that I have many other letters not yet acknowledged , I believe he will own , what I have a mind he should believe , that I have no small ...
... VIRG . Æn . iv . 285 . This way and that the anxious mind is torn . WHEN I acquaint my reader , that I have many other letters not yet acknowledged , I believe he will own , what I have a mind he should believe , that I have no small ...
Page 125
... VIRG . En . ii . 604 . The cloud , which , intercepting the clear light , Hangs o'er thy eyes , and blunts thy mortal sight , I will remove WHEN I was at Grand Cairo , I picked up several oriental manuscripts , which I have still by me ...
... VIRG . En . ii . 604 . The cloud , which , intercepting the clear light , Hangs o'er thy eyes , and blunts thy mortal sight , I will remove WHEN I was at Grand Cairo , I picked up several oriental manuscripts , which I have still by me ...
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... VIRG . Georg . ii . 527 . Himself , in rustic pomp , on holy - days , To rural powers a just oblation pays ; And on the green his careless limbs displays : The hearth is in the midst ; the herdsmen round } The cheerful fire , provoke ...
... VIRG . Georg . ii . 527 . Himself , in rustic pomp , on holy - days , To rural powers a just oblation pays ; And on the green his careless limbs displays : The hearth is in the midst ; the herdsmen round } The cheerful fire , provoke ...
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... VIRG . iv . Georg . 494 . Then thus the bride : What fury seiz'd on thee , Unhappy man ! to lose thyself and me ? And now farewel ! involv'd in shades of night , For ever I am ravish'd from thy sight : In vain I reach my feeble hands to ...
... VIRG . iv . Georg . 494 . Then thus the bride : What fury seiz'd on thee , Unhappy man ! to lose thyself and me ? And now farewel ! involv'd in shades of night , For ever I am ravish'd from thy sight : In vain I reach my feeble hands to ...
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... VIRG . Ecl . vii . 69. * The whole debate in memory I retain , When Thyrsis argued warmly , but in vain . P. THERE is scarce any thing more common than ani- mosities between parties that cannot subsist but by their agreement : this was ...
... VIRG . Ecl . vii . 69. * The whole debate in memory I retain , When Thyrsis argued warmly , but in vain . P. THERE is scarce any thing more common than ani- mosities between parties that cannot subsist but by their agreement : this was ...
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