The Spectator, Volume 5Originally published in 1965 and now reissued, this masterly edition of The Spectator was the first to provide an authoritative text, based on a complete collation of the original sheets, and the first to establish the authorship of the contributions to the journal. An extensive introduction and commentary throw new light on problems of publication and enable the reader to enjoy these essays against the background of their own times. A full analytic index is included. |
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Page 16
... equal Horror wounds . O Trojan Race , your needless Aid forbear ; And know my Ships are my peculiar Care . With greater ease the bold Rutulian may , With hissing Brands , attempt to burn the Sea , Than singe my sacred Pines . But you my ...
... equal Horror wounds . O Trojan Race , your needless Aid forbear ; And know my Ships are my peculiar Care . With greater ease the bold Rutulian may , With hissing Brands , attempt to burn the Sea , Than singe my sacred Pines . But you my ...
Page 162
... equal to the bold Design , Or cou'd I boast such happy Art as Thine ! That cou'd rude Shells in such sweet Order place , Give common Objects such uncommon Grace , Like them my well - chose Words in ev'ry Line , As sweetly temper'd ...
... equal to the bold Design , Or cou'd I boast such happy Art as Thine ! That cou'd rude Shells in such sweet Order place , Give common Objects such uncommon Grace , Like them my well - chose Words in ev'ry Line , As sweetly temper'd ...
Page 175
... equal to those great Honours which have been conferred upon You . It is very well known how much the Church owed to You in the most dangerous Day it ever saw , that of the Arraignment of its Prelates ; and how far the Civil Power , in ...
... equal to those great Honours which have been conferred upon You . It is very well known how much the Church owed to You in the most dangerous Day it ever saw , that of the Arraignment of its Prelates ; and how far the Civil Power , in ...
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