The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volume 5George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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Page 75
... fall of man , though they are very astonishing in themselves , are not only credible , but actual points of faith . The next method of reconciling miracles with credibility , is by a happy invention of the poet ; as in particular , when ...
... fall of man , though they are very astonishing in themselves , are not only credible , but actual points of faith . The next method of reconciling miracles with credibility , is by a happy invention of the poet ; as in particular , when ...
Page 177
... fall . As Homer has introduced into his battle of the gods every thing that is great and terrible in nature , Milton has filled his fight of good and bad angels with all the like circumstances of horror . The shout of armies , the ...
... fall . As Homer has introduced into his battle of the gods every thing that is great and terrible in nature , Milton has filled his fight of good and bad angels with all the like circumstances of horror . The shout of armies , the ...
Page 190
... fall a sacrifice to complaisance . The strongest argu- ments are enervated , and the brightest evidence disappears , before those tremendous reasonings and dazzling discoveries of venerable old age , are young giddy - headed fellows ...
... fall a sacrifice to complaisance . The strongest argu- ments are enervated , and the brightest evidence disappears , before those tremendous reasonings and dazzling discoveries of venerable old age , are young giddy - headed fellows ...
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