The Spectator, Volume 6Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1712 |
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Pagina 7
... set of mortals ' who value themselves upon an uncommon mastery in the more humane and polite parts of letters . A con- quest by one of this species of females gives a very ' odd turn to the intellectuals of the captivated person , * and ...
... set of mortals ' who value themselves upon an uncommon mastery in the more humane and polite parts of letters . A con- quest by one of this species of females gives a very ' odd turn to the intellectuals of the captivated person , * and ...
Pagina 11
... sets the person actually before us in the one , whom fiction places at a greater distance from us in the other . I do not remember to have feen any ancient or modern story more affecting than a letter of Ann of Bologne , wife to King ...
... sets the person actually before us in the one , whom fiction places at a greater distance from us in the other . I do not remember to have feen any ancient or modern story more affecting than a letter of Ann of Bologne , wife to King ...
Pagina 21
... set forth by reflections on God's omniscience and omnipresence , which are celebrated in as noble strains of poetry as any other I ever met with either facred or profane . The other kind of hy- pocrify , whereby a man deceives himself ...
... set forth by reflections on God's omniscience and omnipresence , which are celebrated in as noble strains of poetry as any other I ever met with either facred or profane . The other kind of hy- pocrify , whereby a man deceives himself ...
Pagina 23
... set off to advantage . The like , or a more de- licate and careful spirit of modesty , appears in the fol- lowing passage in one of Mr. Philips's paftorals . " Breathe soft ye winds , ye waters gently flow , " Shield her ye trees , ye ...
... set off to advantage . The like , or a more de- licate and careful spirit of modesty , appears in the fol- lowing passage in one of Mr. Philips's paftorals . " Breathe soft ye winds , ye waters gently flow , " Shield her ye trees , ye ...
Pagina 41
... set him by the greatest foreign masters in that art . I could heartily wish there was the same application and endeavours to cultivate and improve our church- mufic , as have been lately bestowed on that of the stage . Our composers ...
... set him by the greatest foreign masters in that art . I could heartily wish there was the same application and endeavours to cultivate and improve our church- mufic , as have been lately bestowed on that of the stage . Our composers ...
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