The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volume 5George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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Page 172
... imagination , to fill this battle with such circumstances as should raise and astonish the mind of the reader ; and at the same time an exactness of judgment , to avoid every thing that might ap- pear light or trivial . Those who look ...
... imagination , to fill this battle with such circumstances as should raise and astonish the mind of the reader ; and at the same time an exactness of judgment , to avoid every thing that might ap- pear light or trivial . Those who look ...
Page 173
... imagination all the woods that grew upon it . There is further a greater beauty in his singling out by name these three remarkable mountains , so well known to the 8 Greeks . This last is such a beauty , as 333 . 173 SPECTATOR .
... imagination all the woods that grew upon it . There is further a greater beauty in his singling out by name these three remarkable mountains , so well known to the 8 Greeks . This last is such a beauty , as 333 . 173 SPECTATOR .
Page 174
... imagination which was natural to him . He tells us that the giants tore up whole islands by the roots , and threw them at the gods . He describes one of them in par- ticular taking up Lemnos in his arms , and whirling it to the skies ...
... imagination which was natural to him . He tells us that the giants tore up whole islands by the roots , and threw them at the gods . He describes one of them in par- ticular taking up Lemnos in his arms , and whirling it to the skies ...
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