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Page 100
... his hand , meting out the heavens with his span , compre- hending the dust of the earth in a measure , weighing the mountains in scales , and the hills in a 100 339 . SPECTATOR . The thought of the golden compasses is conceived ...
... his hand , meting out the heavens with his span , compre- hending the dust of the earth in a measure , weighing the mountains in scales , and the hills in a 100 339 . SPECTATOR . The thought of the golden compasses is conceived ...
Page 158
... and tradition . The poet took the matters of fact as they came down to him , and circumstanced them after his own manner , to make them appear the more natural , agreeable , or surprising . I believe very 158 351 . SPECTATOR .
... and tradition . The poet took the matters of fact as they came down to him , and circumstanced them after his own manner , to make them appear the more natural , agreeable , or surprising . I believe very 158 351 . SPECTATOR .
Page 279
... are put upon them , than those two , modesty and assur- To say , such a one is a modest man , sometimes indeed passes for a good character ; but at pre-. ance . 373 . 279 SPECTATOR . N° 373. THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1712. ...
... are put upon them , than those two , modesty and assur- To say , such a one is a modest man , sometimes indeed passes for a good character ; but at pre-. ance . 373 . 279 SPECTATOR . N° 373. THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1712. ...
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