The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volume 5George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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... proper to in- flame the mind of the reader , and to give it that sub- lime kind of entertainment which is suitable to the nature of an heroic poem . Those who are acquainted with Homer's and Virgil's way of writing , cannot but be ...
... proper to in- flame the mind of the reader , and to give it that sub- lime kind of entertainment which is suitable to the nature of an heroic poem . Those who are acquainted with Homer's and Virgil's way of writing , cannot but be ...
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... proper to be determined in such cases for the future . See No. 308 , let . 1 . C MR . SPECTATOR , THERE is an elderly person lately left off business and settled in our town , in order , as he thinks , to retire from the world ; but he ...
... proper to be determined in such cases for the future . See No. 308 , let . 1 . C MR . SPECTATOR , THERE is an elderly person lately left off business and settled in our town , in order , as he thinks , to retire from the world ; but he ...
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... proper for a state of innocence ; to have described the warmth of love , and the professions of it , without artifice or hyperbole ; to have made the man speak the most endearing things without descending from his natural dignity , and ...
... proper for a state of innocence ; to have described the warmth of love , and the professions of it , without artifice or hyperbole ; to have made the man speak the most endearing things without descending from his natural dignity , and ...
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action Adam Adam and Eve Æneas Æneid agreeable angels appear bagnio beards beautiful behaviour behold character circumstances creation creature dæmon dancing death described desire discourse earth entertainment epilogue fable father favour fortune genius gentleman give grace happy head hear heaven Homer honour humble servant humour Iliad imagination kind lady learning letter live look madam mankind manner MARCH MARCH 17 Margaret Clark master Milton mind Mohocks nature never night noble obliged observed occasion Ovid paper Paradise Paradise Lost particular passage passion Paul Lorrain person pleased pleasure poem poet Pyrrhus quæ racter reader reason sentiments Sir Richard Baker Sir Roger soon speak SPECTATOR speech spirit sublime take notice tells thee thing thou thought tion told town Turnus VIRG Virgil virtue wherein whole woman writ yard land young