The Spectator, Volume 5Payne, Rivington, 1799 - English essays |
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... reafon ; with which , however , Mr. Cowley is fo offended , that writing to one of his friends , You , fays he , tell me , that you do not know whether Perfius be a good poet or no , because you cannot understand him ; for which very reafon ...
... reafon ; with which , however , Mr. Cowley is fo offended , that writing to one of his friends , You , fays he , tell me , that you do not know whether Perfius be a good poet or no , because you cannot understand him ; for which very reafon ...
Page 271
... reafon , I cannot think of any other that ought to banish this happy temper from a virtuous mind . Pain and ficknefs , fhame and reproach , poverty and old age , nay death itself , confidering the fhortneís of their duration , and the ...
... reafon , I cannot think of any other that ought to banish this happy temper from a virtuous mind . Pain and ficknefs , fhame and reproach , poverty and old age , nay death itself , confidering the fhortneís of their duration , and the ...
Page 294
... reafon the poets afcribe to this particular colour the epithet of chearful . To confider further this double end in the works of Nature , and how they are at the fame time both uteful and entertaining , we find that the most important ...
... reafon the poets afcribe to this particular colour the epithet of chearful . To confider further this double end in the works of Nature , and how they are at the fame time both uteful and entertaining , we find that the most important ...
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