The Spectator, Volume 5Payne, Rivington, 1799 - English essays |
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... angels . After having thus entered into conver- fation with man upon more indifferent fubjects , he warns him of his obedience , and makes a natural tran- fition to the history of that angel , who was employed in the circumvention of ...
... angels . After having thus entered into conver- fation with man upon more indifferent fubjects , he warns him of his obedience , and makes a natural tran- fition to the history of that angel , who was employed in the circumvention of ...
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... angels . The fecond day's engagement is apt to startle an ima- gination , which has not been raifed and qualified for fuch a defcription , by the reading of the antient poets , and of Homer in particular . It was certainly a very bold ...
... angels . The fecond day's engagement is apt to startle an ima- gination , which has not been raifed and qualified for fuch a defcription , by the reading of the antient poets , and of Homer in particular . It was certainly a very bold ...
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... angels heaving up the earth , and placing it in a different pofture to the fun from what it had before the fall of man , is conceived with . that fublime imagination which was fo peculiar to this great author : " Some fay he bid his angels ...
... angels heaving up the earth , and placing it in a different pofture to the fun from what it had before the fall of man , is conceived with . that fublime imagination which was fo peculiar to this great author : " Some fay he bid his angels ...
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