The Spectator, Volume 5Payne, Rivington, 1799 - English essays |
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... give him an early feafoning of morality . • 6 Next to thefe examples which may be met with in books , I very much approve Horace's way of fetting " before youth the infamous or honourable characters of their contemporaries . That poet ...
... give him an early feafoning of morality . • 6 Next to thefe examples which may be met with in books , I very much approve Horace's way of fetting " before youth the infamous or honourable characters of their contemporaries . That poet ...
Page 291
... gives to every character of life its due re- gards , and is ready to account for their imperfections , and receive their accomplishments as if they were his own . It must appear that you receive law from , and not give it to , your ...
... gives to every character of life its due re- gards , and is ready to account for their imperfections , and receive their accomplishments as if they were his own . It must appear that you receive law from , and not give it to , your ...
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... give himself up to the intreaties of his countrymen , the poet , in order to make him fpeak in character , afcribes to him a fpeech full of thofe fables and allegories which old men take delight in relating , and which are very proper ...
... give himself up to the intreaties of his countrymen , the poet , in order to make him fpeak in character , afcribes to him a fpeech full of thofe fables and allegories which old men take delight in relating , and which are very proper ...
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