The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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... admired Circumstances in that divine Work . We find in Mock - heroick Poems , particularly in the Dif penfary and the Lutrin , feveral Allegorical Perfons of this Nature , which are very beautiful in those Compofitions , and may ...
... admired Circumstances in that divine Work . We find in Mock - heroick Poems , particularly in the Dif penfary and the Lutrin , feveral Allegorical Perfons of this Nature , which are very beautiful in those Compofitions , and may ...
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... admired that he did not give more into it , than that he did fometimes comply with the vicious Tafte which ftill prevails fo much among Modern Writers . BUT fince feveral Thoughts may be natural which are low and groveling , an Epic ...
... admired that he did not give more into it , than that he did fometimes comply with the vicious Tafte which ftill prevails fo much among Modern Writers . BUT fince feveral Thoughts may be natural which are low and groveling , an Epic ...
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... admired , as is likewife that particular Art which he has made ufe of in the interfperfing of all thofe Graces of Poetry , which the Subject was capable of receiving . THE Survey of the whole Creation , and of every thing that is ...
... admired , as is likewife that particular Art which he has made ufe of in the interfperfing of all thofe Graces of Poetry , which the Subject was capable of receiving . THE Survey of the whole Creation , and of every thing that is ...
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Action Æneid Affembly againſt agreeable alfo anſwer Beauty becauſe befides Behaviour beſt Cafe Character Circumftances confider Confideration Converfation Criticks defcribed Defcription Defign Defire Difcourfe diſcover Drefs Enville Fable faid fame feems felf felves feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon Fortune fpeak Friend ftill fuch fufficient give greateſt Happineſs herſelf himſelf Homer Honour Houſe humble Servant ibid Iliad infert Inftructions itſelf juft kind Lady laft laſt lefs likewife look Love Mankind manner Marriage Meaſure Milton Mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf Nature Number obferved Occafion Ovid Paffage paffed Paffion Paradife Loft particular Perfon pleafed pleaſe Pleaſure Poem Poet poffible prefent publick racter raiſe Reader Reaſon Reflexion refolved reprefented Senfe Sentiments ſeveral ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe Thoughts tion underſtand uſe Virgil Virtue whofe Woman World