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Pagina 26
... fall any thing below the opinion that is conceived of him , though they might raife the reputation of ano- ther they are a diminution to his . One would think there fhould be fomething won- derfully pleafing in the poffeffion of fame ...
... fall any thing below the opinion that is conceived of him , though they might raife the reputation of ano- ther they are a diminution to his . One would think there fhould be fomething won- derfully pleafing in the poffeffion of fame ...
Pagina 35
· < hunting . Sir , these things cry aloud for reformation and fall properly under the province of SPECTATOR General ; but how indeed should it be otherwise , while fellows ( that for twenty years together were never paid but as their ...
· < hunting . Sir , these things cry aloud for reformation and fall properly under the province of SPECTATOR General ; but how indeed should it be otherwise , while fellows ( that for twenty years together were never paid but as their ...
Pagina 38
... fall on your fide , or where it will , his business is ftill to be well - bred to the end . I think I have read , in one of our English comedies , a defcription of a fellow that affected knowing every body , and for want of judg- ment ...
... fall on your fide , or where it will , his business is ftill to be well - bred to the end . I think I have read , in one of our English comedies , a defcription of a fellow that affected knowing every body , and for want of judg- ment ...
Pagina 41
... fall on a better subject , than that of the art of growing old . In fuch a lecture you muft propose , that no one fet his heart upon what is tranfient ; the beauty grows wrinkled while we are yet gazing at her . The witty man ⚫ finks ...
... fall on a better subject , than that of the art of growing old . In fuch a lecture you muft propose , that no one fet his heart upon what is tranfient ; the beauty grows wrinkled while we are yet gazing at her . The witty man ⚫ finks ...
Pagina 42
... falls into them without provocation , so it is to be hoped fhe will return from them without the ' merit of new fervices . But life and love will not ad- mit of fuch intervals , therefore pray let her be ad▾ monished as follows ...
... falls into them without provocation , so it is to be hoped fhe will return from them without the ' merit of new fervices . But life and love will not ad- mit of fuch intervals , therefore pray let her be ad▾ monished as follows ...
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action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo anſwer beauty becauſe befides behaviour character circumftances confideration converfation criticks defcribed defign defire difcourfe diſcover drefs Enville fable faid falutation fame fecond feems feen fenfe fent fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide filks fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpeech fpirit ftill fubject fuch fufficient give greateſt happineſs herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe humble fervant huſband ibid Iliad infert itſelf kind Lady laft laſt lefs Loft look mankind manner marriage meaſure Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion ourſelves Ovid paffage paffed paffion Paradife particular perfon pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poffible prefent publick racter raiſe reader reafon reprefented ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion uſe Virgil virtue whofe woman