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... whole art from it . Indeed he studied it so attentively , that he made most of his statues , and even his pictures in that gusto , to make use of the Italian phrase ; for which reason this maimed statue is still called Michael Angelo's ...
... whole art from it . Indeed he studied it so attentively , that he made most of his statues , and even his pictures in that gusto , to make use of the Italian phrase ; for which reason this maimed statue is still called Michael Angelo's ...
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... house , who , when he is pleased with any thing that is acted upon the stage , expresses his approbation by a loud knock upon the benches or the wainscoat , This which may be heard over the whole theatre . No. 235 . SPECTATOR . 25.
... house , who , when he is pleased with any thing that is acted upon the stage , expresses his approbation by a loud knock upon the benches or the wainscoat , This which may be heard over the whole theatre . No. 235 . SPECTATOR . 25.
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Joseph Addison Thomas Tickell. This which may be heard over the whole theatre . person is commonly known by the name of the Trunk- maker in the upper gallery . Whether it be , that the blow he gives on these occasions resembles that ...
Joseph Addison Thomas Tickell. This which may be heard over the whole theatre . person is commonly known by the name of the Trunk- maker in the upper gallery . Whether it be , that the blow he gives on these occasions resembles that ...
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... whole cavern in an uproar . It is certain the Trunk - maker has saved many a good play , and brought many a graceful actor into reputation , who would not otherwise have been taken notice of . It is very visible , as the audience is not ...
... whole cavern in an uproar . It is certain the Trunk - maker has saved many a good play , and brought many a graceful actor into reputation , who would not otherwise have been taken notice of . It is very visible , as the audience is not ...
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... whole art of cavilling ; which shall be a full satisfactory answer to all such papers and pamphlets as have yet appeared against the SPECTATOR . No. 241. THURSDAY , DECEMBER 6 . -Semperque relinqui Sola 36 SPECTATOR .
... whole art of cavilling ; which shall be a full satisfactory answer to all such papers and pamphlets as have yet appeared against the SPECTATOR . No. 241. THURSDAY , DECEMBER 6 . -Semperque relinqui Sola 36 SPECTATOR .
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Page 62 - Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 183 - Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows : Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally ; and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind and nobleness their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic placed.
Page 147 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crowned, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new World — at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads — to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere, Till pride and worse ambition threw me down, Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King ! Ah, wherefore?
Page 473 - I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 'Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Page 463 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Page 140 - Almighty ceased, but all The multitude of angels, with a shout Loud as from numbers without number, sweet As from blest voices, uttering joy, heaven rung With jubilee, and loud hosannas filled The eternal regions...
Page 504 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 332 - Try me, good king, but let me have a lawful trial ; and let not my sworn enemies sit as my accusers and judges ; yea, let me receive an open trial, (for my truth shall fear no open shame...
Page 194 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 190 - But fondly overcome with female charm. Earth trembled from her entrails, as again In pangs ; and Nature gave a second groan ; Sky lour'd ; and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin Original...