The Spectator, Volume 6Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 - English essays |
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Page 98
... sentiments as these but flattery and falschood are not the courtship of Milton's Adam , and could not be heard by Eve in her state of innocence , excepting only in a dream produced on purpose to taint her imagination . Other vain sentiments ...
... sentiments as these but flattery and falschood are not the courtship of Milton's Adam , and could not be heard by Eve in her state of innocence , excepting only in a dream produced on purpose to taint her imagination . Other vain sentiments ...
Page 165
... sentiments where there is no passion , and brings instances out of ancient authors to support this his opinion . The pathetic , as that great critic observes , may animate and inflame the sublime , but is not essential to it ...
... sentiments where there is no passion , and brings instances out of ancient authors to support this his opinion . The pathetic , as that great critic observes , may animate and inflame the sublime , but is not essential to it ...
Page 200
... sentiments , the more he will find himself pleased with it . The poet has wonderfully preserved the character of ma- jesty and condescension in the Creator , and , at the same time , that of humility and adoration in the creature , as ...
... sentiments , the more he will find himself pleased with it . The poet has wonderfully preserved the character of ma- jesty and condescension in the Creator , and , at the same time , that of humility and adoration in the creature , as ...
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