The Spectator, Volume 5Payne, Rivington, 1799 - English essays |
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Page 34
... taken by my own hand from the originals , which were wrote by a Yorkshire gentleman of a good • estate to madam Mary , and an uncle of hers , a knight · very well known by the most antient gentry in that and feveral other counties of ...
... taken by my own hand from the originals , which were wrote by a Yorkshire gentleman of a good • estate to madam Mary , and an uncle of hers , a knight · very well known by the most antient gentry in that and feveral other counties of ...
Page 58
... taken out of the poetical parts of Scripture . The Meffiah's chariot , as I have before taken notice , is formed upon a vifion of Ezekiel , who , as Grotius obferves , has very much in him of Homer's fpirit in the poetical parts of his ...
... taken out of the poetical parts of Scripture . The Meffiah's chariot , as I have before taken notice , is formed upon a vifion of Ezekiel , who , as Grotius obferves , has very much in him of Homer's fpirit in the poetical parts of his ...
Page 137
... taken notice how the tradition , on which it was founded , authorizes those parts in it which appear more exceptionable . I hope the length of this reflection will not make it unac- ceptable to the curious part of my readers . The ...
... taken notice how the tradition , on which it was founded , authorizes those parts in it which appear more exceptionable . I hope the length of this reflection will not make it unac- ceptable to the curious part of my readers . The ...
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