The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volume 5George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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Page 10
... short , if we look into . the conduct of Homer , Virgil , and Milton , as the great fable is the soul of each poem , so to give their works an agreeable va- riety their episodes are so many short fables , and their similes so many short ...
... short , if we look into . the conduct of Homer , Virgil , and Milton , as the great fable is the soul of each poem , so to give their works an agreeable va- riety their episodes are so many short fables , and their similes so many short ...
Page 64
... short time made a judge under the protector . The other was engaged in the un- happy enterprise of Penruddock and Groves in the West . I suppose , sir , I need not acquaint you with the event of that undertaking . Every one knows that ...
... short time made a judge under the protector . The other was engaged in the un- happy enterprise of Penruddock and Groves in the West . I suppose , sir , I need not acquaint you with the event of that undertaking . Every one knows that ...
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... accompanies the Italian recitativo . It has often supplied the place of the ancient chorus , in the words of Mr. *** . In short , a bad poet has as great an antipathy to a cat - 361 . 317 SPECTATOR . On waste of time-Journal of a citizen.
... accompanies the Italian recitativo . It has often supplied the place of the ancient chorus , in the words of Mr. *** . In short , a bad poet has as great an antipathy to a cat - 361 . 317 SPECTATOR . On waste of time-Journal of a citizen.
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