The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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Page 120
... Death only clofes a Man's Reputation , and de- termines it as good or bad . THIS , among other Motives , may be one Reafon why we are naturally averfe to the lanching out into a Man's Praife till his Head is laid in the Duft . Whilft he ...
... Death only clofes a Man's Reputation , and de- termines it as good or bad . THIS , among other Motives , may be one Reafon why we are naturally averfe to the lanching out into a Man's Praife till his Head is laid in the Duft . Whilft he ...
Page 153
... Death as marching thro ' the Works of Nature , he adds , Behind her Death Clofe following pace for pace , not mounted yet On his pale Horse . Which alludes to that Paffage in Scripture fo wonderfully Poetical , and terrifying to the ...
... Death as marching thro ' the Works of Nature , he adds , Behind her Death Clofe following pace for pace , not mounted yet On his pale Horse . Which alludes to that Paffage in Scripture fo wonderfully Poetical , and terrifying to the ...
Page 182
... Death ? Is this the way I must return to native Duft ? O Sight Of Terror foul , and ugly to behold , Horrid to think , how horrible to feel ! THE fecond Vifion fets before him the Image of Death in a great Variety of Appearances . The ...
... Death ? Is this the way I must return to native Duft ? O Sight Of Terror foul , and ugly to behold , Horrid to think , how horrible to feel ! THE fecond Vifion fets before him the Image of Death in a great Variety of Appearances . The ...
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