The Spectator, Volume 4Payne, Rivington, 1799 - English essays |
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Page 133
... tion being found very innocent , the jet was only laughed at ; for which a lefs eminent droll would have been fent to the gallies . Trade and commerce might doubtlefs be still varied a thousand ways , out of which would arife fuch ...
... tion being found very innocent , the jet was only laughed at ; for which a lefs eminent droll would have been fent to the gallies . Trade and commerce might doubtlefs be still varied a thousand ways , out of which would arife fuch ...
Page 175
... tion , or ftrike a blow , without the conduct and direc- tion of fome deity ? Doubtlefs , because the poets efteemed it the greatest honour to be favoured by the Gods , and thought the best way of praifing a man was , to recount thofe ...
... tion , or ftrike a blow , without the conduct and direc- tion of fome deity ? Doubtlefs , because the poets efteemed it the greatest honour to be favoured by the Gods , and thought the best way of praifing a man was , to recount thofe ...
Page 191
... tion in his fable , and has therefore endeavoured to cure it by feveral expedients ; particularly by the mortifica- tion which the great adversary of mankind meets with upon his return to the affembly of infernal fpirits , as it is ...
... tion in his fable , and has therefore endeavoured to cure it by feveral expedients ; particularly by the mortifica- tion which the great adversary of mankind meets with upon his return to the affembly of infernal fpirits , as it is ...
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