The Spectator, Volume 2J. J. Woodward, 1830 |
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Page 131
... delight old age ; are the prove our virtue in proportion as it raises No. 406. ] our delight . The passions that are excited by ordinary compositions generally flow from such silly and absurd occasions , that a man is ashamed to reflect ...
... delight old age ; are the prove our virtue in proportion as it raises No. 406. ] our delight . The passions that are excited by ordinary compositions generally flow from such silly and absurd occasions , that a man is ashamed to reflect ...
Page 140
... delight , and a kind of fondness for the places or objects in which we discover it . This consists either in the gaiety or variety of colours , in the symmetry and proportion of parts , in the arrangement and disposi- tion of bodies ...
... delight , and a kind of fondness for the places or objects in which we discover it . This consists either in the gaiety or variety of colours , in the symmetry and proportion of parts , in the arrangement and disposi- tion of bodies ...
Page 373
... delight- ful in itself , and beneficial to the public , than that of planting . I could mention a nobleman whose ... delighted with his productions than any other writer or artist whatsoever . Plantations have one advantage in them which ...
... delight- ful in itself , and beneficial to the public , than that of planting . I could mention a nobleman whose ... delighted with his productions than any other writer or artist whatsoever . Plantations have one advantage in them which ...
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