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Pagina 21
... character . If all these secret springs of detraction fail , yet very often a vain ostentation of wit sets a man on attack- ing an established name , and sacrificing it to the mirth and laughter of those about him . A satire or a libel ...
... character . If all these secret springs of detraction fail , yet very often a vain ostentation of wit sets a man on attack- ing an established name , and sacrificing it to the mirth and laughter of those about him . A satire or a libel ...
Pagina 189
... character , which would be in the highest degree exceptionable in ano- ther . When Cato Uticensis killed himself , Cottius , a Roman of ordinary quality and character , did the same thing ; upon which one said , smiling , Cottius might ...
... character , which would be in the highest degree exceptionable in ano- ther . When Cato Uticensis killed himself , Cottius , a Roman of ordinary quality and character , did the same thing ; upon which one said , smiling , Cottius might ...
Pagina 292
... character is so fully drawn in the first book , that the poet adds nothing to it in the second . We were before told , that he was the first who taught mankind to ransack the earth for gold and silver , and that he was the architect of ...
... character is so fully drawn in the first book , that the poet adds nothing to it in the second . We were before told , that he was the first who taught mankind to ransack the earth for gold and silver , and that he was the architect of ...
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acquaintance action Adam and Eve ADDISON admired Æneid agreeable angels appear Aristotle beauty behaviour character circumstances Cottius critics desire discourse dress endeavour Enville epic poem fable fame father fault favour FEBRUARY 18 female fortune genius gentleman give grace greatest happy head heart heaven Homer honour hope humble servant Iliad innocent Julius Cæsar kind lady late letter lived look lover MADAM mankind manner marriage Milton mind mistress nature never obliged observed occasion opinion Ovid paper Paradise Lost particular pass passage passion perfect person pleased pleasure poet pray present prince proper Quintilian racter reader reason reputation ROSCOMMON Satan sentiments shew speak SPECTATOR speech spirit sublime tell Thammuz thing thought tion told town turn verse VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman women words young