The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volume 5George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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... turns of wit which are so much in vogue among modern poets , cannot relish these beauties which are of a much higher ... turn into ridicule several of Ho- mer's similitudes , which he calls comparaisons à longue queue , ' long - tailed ...
... turns of wit which are so much in vogue among modern poets , cannot relish these beauties which are of a much higher ... turn into ridicule several of Ho- mer's similitudes , which he calls comparaisons à longue queue , ' long - tailed ...
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... turn to an advantage in the next . Let the sycophant or the buffoon , the satirist , or the good companion ... turning his friends into ridicule , that nobody outdid him at an ill - natured jest , or that he never went to bed be- fore he ...
... turn to an advantage in the next . Let the sycophant or the buffoon , the satirist , or the good companion ... turning his friends into ridicule , that nobody outdid him at an ill - natured jest , or that he never went to bed be- fore he ...
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... turn she shines , Revolv'd on heaven's great axle , and her reign With thousand lesser lights dividual holds , With ... turning into heaven , and taking a survey of his great work . There is something inexpressibly sub- lime in this part ...
... turn she shines , Revolv'd on heaven's great axle , and her reign With thousand lesser lights dividual holds , With ... turning into heaven , and taking a survey of his great work . There is something inexpressibly sub- lime in this part ...
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