The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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... Reader muft affent to , when he fees them explained with that Elegance and Perfpi- cuity in which they are delivered . As for thofe which are the most known , and the most received , they are placed in fo beautiful a Light , and ...
... Reader muft affent to , when he fees them explained with that Elegance and Perfpi- cuity in which they are delivered . As for thofe which are the most known , and the most received , they are placed in fo beautiful a Light , and ...
Page 217
... Reader , by frequently difengaging him from too painful an Attention to the principal Sub- ject , and by leading him into other agreeable Images . Homer , fays he , excelled in this Particular , whofe Comparisons abound with fuch Images ...
... Reader , by frequently difengaging him from too painful an Attention to the principal Sub- ject , and by leading him into other agreeable Images . Homer , fays he , excelled in this Particular , whofe Comparisons abound with fuch Images ...
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... Reader cannot fo far impofe upon himself as to fee a Poffibility in them ; they are the Defcription of Dreams and Shadows , not of Things or Perfons . I know that many Criticks look upon the Stories of Circe , Polypheme , the Sirens ...
... Reader cannot fo far impofe upon himself as to fee a Poffibility in them ; they are the Defcription of Dreams and Shadows , not of Things or Perfons . I know that many Criticks look upon the Stories of Circe , Polypheme , the Sirens ...
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