The Spectator, Volume 4Payne, Rivington, 1799 - English essays |
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... thofe very imperfections into beauties . Marriage enlarges the fcene of our happiness and miferies . A marriage of love is pleasant ; a marriage of interest easy ; and a marriage , where both meet , happy . A happy marriage has in it ...
... thofe very imperfections into beauties . Marriage enlarges the fcene of our happiness and miferies . A marriage of love is pleasant ; a marriage of interest easy ; and a marriage , where both meet , happy . A happy marriage has in it ...
Page 120
... thofe methods only , which are worthy and ingenuous . This The happy talent of pleafing either thofe above you or below you , feems to be wholly owing to the opinion they have of your fincerity . This quality is to attend the agreeable ...
... thofe methods only , which are worthy and ingenuous . This The happy talent of pleafing either thofe above you or below you , feems to be wholly owing to the opinion they have of your fincerity . This quality is to attend the agreeable ...
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... thofe only , which ap- pear to me the most exquifite , or thofe which are not fo obvious to ordinary readers . Every one that has read the critics who have written upon the Od , ffey , the Iliad , and the Æneid , knows very well , that ...
... thofe only , which ap- pear to me the most exquifite , or thofe which are not fo obvious to ordinary readers . Every one that has read the critics who have written upon the Od , ffey , the Iliad , and the Æneid , knows very well , that ...
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action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo anſwer beauty becauſe befides behaviour cafe character circumftances confideration converfation correfpondents defcribed defign defire difcourfe difcover drefs Enville fable faid falutation fame fecond feems fenfe fentiments feve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fignature filks fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpeak fpeech fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient give greateſt herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe humble fervant ibid Iliad itſelf juft kind lady laft laſt lefs letter likewife mankind manner marriage Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion ourſelves Ovid paffage paffed paffion Paper Paradife Loft perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poffible prefent racters raiſe reader reafon reprefented ſeveral ſhe SPECT SPECTATOR ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion uſed Virgil virtue whofe woman