The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volume 5George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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... character ; as the comfort he draws from their disturbing the peace of heaven , that if it be not victory it is revenge , is a sentiment truly diabolical , and becoming the bitterness of this implacable spirit . Belial is described in ...
... character ; as the comfort he draws from their disturbing the peace of heaven , that if it be not victory it is revenge , is a sentiment truly diabolical , and becoming the bitterness of this implacable spirit . Belial is described in ...
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... character . I have waited for his arrival in Holland , before I would let my correspondents know that I have not been so uncurious a Spectator as not to have seen prince Eugene * . It would be very difficult , as I said just now , to ...
... character . I have waited for his arrival in Holland , before I would let my correspondents know that I have not been so uncurious a Spectator as not to have seen prince Eugene * . It would be very difficult , as I said just now , to ...
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... character of Æneas is filled with piety to the gods , and a superstitious observation of pro- digies , oracles , and predictions . Virgil has not only preserved this character in the person of Æneas , but has given a place in his poem ...
... character of Æneas is filled with piety to the gods , and a superstitious observation of pro- digies , oracles , and predictions . Virgil has not only preserved this character in the person of Æneas , but has given a place in his poem ...
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