The Spectator, Volume 5Payne, Rivington, 1799 - English essays |
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Page 53
... occafion to them . The author's imagination was fo inflamed with this great fcene of action , that where . ever he speaks of it , he rifes , if poffible , above himfelf ! Thus where he mentions Satan in the beginning of his poem : 66 ...
... occafion to them . The author's imagination was fo inflamed with this great fcene of action , that where . ever he speaks of it , he rifes , if poffible , above himfelf ! Thus where he mentions Satan in the beginning of his poem : 66 ...
Page 127
... occafion to recommend a cer- ⚫tain gentleman of my acquaintance for a perfon of fingular modefty , courage , integrity , and withal as a man of an entertaining converfation , to which advan tages he had a fhape and manner peculiarly ...
... occafion to recommend a cer- ⚫tain gentleman of my acquaintance for a perfon of fingular modefty , courage , integrity , and withal as a man of an entertaining converfation , to which advan tages he had a fhape and manner peculiarly ...
Page 216
... occafion of this is to give you an account of the death of Madam de Villacerfe , whose departure out of this life I know not whether a man of your philofophy will call unfortunate or not , fince it was attended with fome circumftances ...
... occafion of this is to give you an account of the death of Madam de Villacerfe , whose departure out of this life I know not whether a man of your philofophy will call unfortunate or not , fince it was attended with fome circumftances ...
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