The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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... Book , the Subject is only the Housewifry of our first Parent , it is fet off with fo many pleafing Images and ... Book , as he fuppofes the Action of the Eneid to begi in the fecond Book of that Poem . I could alledge many Reafons for ...
... Book , the Subject is only the Housewifry of our first Parent , it is fet off with fo many pleafing Images and ... Book , as he fuppofes the Action of the Eneid to begi in the fecond Book of that Poem . I could alledge many Reafons for ...
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... Book , which are fo confpicuous , that they cannot escape the Notice of the most ordinary Reader . THERE are indeed fo many wonderful Strokes of Poetry in this Book , and fuch a Variety of fublime Ideas , that it would have been ...
... Book , which are fo confpicuous , that they cannot escape the Notice of the most ordinary Reader . THERE are indeed fo many wonderful Strokes of Poetry in this Book , and fuch a Variety of fublime Ideas , that it would have been ...
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... Book , they abound with as magnificent Ideas . The fixth Book , like a troubled Ocean , reprefents Great- nefs in Confufion ; the seventh affects the Imagination like the Ocean in a Calm , and fills the Mind of the Rea- der , without ...
... Book , they abound with as magnificent Ideas . The fixth Book , like a troubled Ocean , reprefents Great- nefs in Confufion ; the seventh affects the Imagination like the Ocean in a Calm , and fills the Mind of the Rea- der , without ...
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