The Spectator, Volume 4Payne, Rivington, 1799 - English essays |
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Page 115
... thoughts , there is an infinite beauty in the greateft part of them . In fhort , if there are many poets who would ... thoughts as are natural , unless it abound alfo with fuch as are fublime . Virgil in this particular falls fhort of ...
... thoughts , there is an infinite beauty in the greateft part of them . In fhort , if there are many poets who would ... thoughts as are natural , unless it abound alfo with fuch as are fublime . Virgil in this particular falls fhort of ...
Page 125
... thought I had feen the face before , but could not poffibly recollect either the place or time ; when , at length , one of the company , who had exa- mined this figure more nicely than the reft , fhewed us plainly by the make of its ...
... thought I had feen the face before , but could not poffibly recollect either the place or time ; when , at length , one of the company , who had exa- mined this figure more nicely than the reft , fhewed us plainly by the make of its ...
Page 215
... thought to have drawn the pic- ture larger than life ; but as this is but an imperfect draught of fo excellent a ... thoughts are wholly bent upon conqueft and arbi- trary power . That fhe has fome wit and beauty no- body denies , and ...
... thought to have drawn the pic- ture larger than life ; but as this is but an imperfect draught of fo excellent a ... thoughts are wholly bent upon conqueft and arbi- trary power . That fhe has fome wit and beauty no- body denies , and ...
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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