The Works of Joseph Addison: The SpectatorG.P. Putnam & Company, 1854 |
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... poet . The reader may observe the following lines in the same view . A needless Alexandrine ends the song , That like a wounded snake , drags its slow length along . And afterwards , " Tis not enough no harshness gives offence , The ...
... poet . The reader may observe the following lines in the same view . A needless Alexandrine ends the song , That like a wounded snake , drags its slow length along . And afterwards , " Tis not enough no harshness gives offence , The ...
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... POET . Wedlock's an ill men eagerly embrace . My father , whom I mentioned in my first speculation , and whom I must always name with honour and gratitude , has very frequently talked to me upon the subject of marriage . I was in my ...
... POET . Wedlock's an ill men eagerly embrace . My father , whom I mentioned in my first speculation , and whom I must always name with honour and gratitude , has very frequently talked to me upon the subject of marriage . I was in my ...
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... poet , Γυναικὶ κόσμος ὁ τρόπος , καὶ οὐ χρυσία . Woman's ornament is her character , not jewelry C. No. 267. SATURDAY , JANUARY 5 . Cedite Romani Scriptores , cedite Graii . PROPERT . Give place , ye Roman and ye Grecian wits . THERE is ...
... poet , Γυναικὶ κόσμος ὁ τρόπος , καὶ οὐ χρυσία . Woman's ornament is her character , not jewelry C. No. 267. SATURDAY , JANUARY 5 . Cedite Romani Scriptores , cedite Graii . PROPERT . Give place , ye Roman and ye Grecian wits . THERE is ...
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... poet , by imputing it in some measure to the very na- ture of an epic poem . Some have been of opinion , that the Æneid also labours in this particular , and has episodes which may be looked upon as excrescencies rather than as parts of ...
... poet , by imputing it in some measure to the very na- ture of an epic poem . Some have been of opinion , that the Æneid also labours in this particular , and has episodes which may be looked upon as excrescencies rather than as parts of ...
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... Poet . 156 . HAVING examined the action of Paradise Lost , let us in the next place consider the actors . This is ... poets that ever wrote , in the multitude and variety of his characters . Every god that is admitted into his poem ...
... Poet . 156 . HAVING examined the action of Paradise Lost , let us in the next place consider the actors . This is ... poets that ever wrote , in the multitude and variety of his characters . Every god that is admitted into his poem ...
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