The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Pagina 10
... turns all its charms against an ogler . The eye of Lufitania is an inftrument of premeditated murder ; but the defign being visible , deftroys the execution of it ; and with much more beau- ty than that of Leonora , it is not half fo ...
... turns all its charms against an ogler . The eye of Lufitania is an inftrument of premeditated murder ; but the defign being visible , deftroys the execution of it ; and with much more beau- ty than that of Leonora , it is not half fo ...
Pagina 14
... turn . It is impoffible for us , who live in the latter ages of the world , to make obfevations in cri- ticism , morality , or in any art or science , which have not been touched upon by others . We have little elfe left us , but to ...
... turn . It is impoffible for us , who live in the latter ages of the world , to make obfevations in cri- ticism , morality , or in any art or science , which have not been touched upon by others . We have little elfe left us , but to ...
Pagina 16
... turn'd my eye , and as I turn'd furvey'd A mournful vifion ! the Sifyphian shade : With many a weary step , and many a grone , Up the high hill he heaves a hugh round ftone : The huge round ftone , refulting with a bound , Thunders ...
... turn'd my eye , and as I turn'd furvey'd A mournful vifion ! the Sifyphian shade : With many a weary step , and many a grone , Up the high hill he heaves a hugh round ftone : The huge round ftone , refulting with a bound , Thunders ...
Pagina 25
... turn to ridicule a man whofe character feems fo improper a fubject for it , or that we are pleafed by fome implicit kind of revenge to fee him taken down and humbled in his reputation , and in fome measure reduced to our own rank , who ...
... turn to ridicule a man whofe character feems fo improper a fubject for it , or that we are pleafed by fome implicit kind of revenge to fee him taken down and humbled in his reputation , and in fome measure reduced to our own rank , who ...
Pagina 32
... turn all his defire of fame this way ; and that he may propose to himself a fame worthy of his ambition , let him confider that if he employs his abilities to the best advantage , the time will come when the fupreme Gove nor of the ...
... turn all his defire of fame this way ; and that he may propose to himself a fame worthy of his ambition , let him confider that if he employs his abilities to the best advantage , the time will come when the fupreme Gove nor of the ...
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