The British Essayists: The SpectatorLittle, Brown, 1866 - English essays |
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Page 11
... OVID . TRIST . i . 3. 66 . Breasts that with sympathizing ardour glow'd And holy friendship , such as Theseus vow'd . I INTEND the paper for this day as a loose essay upon friendship , in which I shall throw my observa- tions together ...
... OVID . TRIST . i . 3. 66 . Breasts that with sympathizing ardour glow'd And holy friendship , such as Theseus vow'd . I INTEND the paper for this day as a loose essay upon friendship , in which I shall throw my observa- tions together ...
Page 53
... OVID . REM . AM . 10 . ' BEWARE of the ides of March , ' said the Roman augur to Julius Cæsar ; ' Beware of the month of May , ' says the British Spectator to his fair country- women . The caution of the first was unhappily neglected ...
... OVID . REM . AM . 10 . ' BEWARE of the ides of March , ' said the Roman augur to Julius Cæsar ; ' Beware of the month of May , ' says the British Spectator to his fair country- women . The caution of the first was unhappily neglected ...
Page 60
... OVID . MET . xiii . 228 . Her grief inspired her then with eloquence . 6 As the Stoic philosophers discard all passions in general , they will not allow a wise man so much as to pity the afflictions of another . If thou seest thy friend ...
... OVID . MET . xiii . 228 . Her grief inspired her then with eloquence . 6 As the Stoic philosophers discard all passions in general , they will not allow a wise man so much as to pity the afflictions of another . If thou seest thy friend ...
Page 104
... OVID . MET . xiii . 127 . Eloquent words a graceful manner want . MOST foreign writers , who have given any char- acter of the English nation , whatever vices they ascribe to it , allow , in general , that the people are naturally ...
... OVID . MET . xiii . 127 . Eloquent words a graceful manner want . MOST foreign writers , who have given any char- acter of the English nation , whatever vices they ascribe to it , allow , in general , that the people are naturally ...
Page 132
... OVID . MET . iv . 287 . The cause is secret , but th ' effect is known . ADDISON . THOUGH in yesterday's paper we considered how every thing that is great , new , or beautiful , is apt to affect the imagination with pleasure , we must ...
... OVID . MET . iv . 287 . The cause is secret , but th ' effect is known . ADDISON . THOUGH in yesterday's paper we considered how every thing that is great , new , or beautiful , is apt to affect the imagination with pleasure , we must ...
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