The Spectator, Volume 6Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1712 |
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Pagina 31
... describe my present disposition with fo hellish an * aspect ; but at present the destruction of these two ' excellent persons would be more welcome to me than ' their happiness . Mr. SPECTATOR , pray let me have a Paper on these ...
... describe my present disposition with fo hellish an * aspect ; but at present the destruction of these two ' excellent persons would be more welcome to me than ' their happiness . Mr. SPECTATOR , pray let me have a Paper on these ...
Pagina 56
... arife from the characters and manners of the persons he describes , or with Tacitus for his displaying those outward motives of fafety and intereft , intereft , which gave birth to the whole series of 56 N ° 409 THE SPECTATOR .
... arife from the characters and manners of the persons he describes , or with Tacitus for his displaying those outward motives of fafety and intereft , intereft , which gave birth to the whole series of 56 N ° 409 THE SPECTATOR .
Pagina 95
... describing a battle or a multitude , a hero or a god . Virgil is ne- ver better pleased , than when he is in his Elysium , or copying out an entertaining picture . Homer's epi- thets generally mark out what is great . Virgil's what what ...
... describing a battle or a multitude , a hero or a god . Virgil is ne- ver better pleased , than when he is in his Elysium , or copying out an entertaining picture . Homer's epi- thets generally mark out what is great . Virgil's what what ...
Pagina 97
... describes a miracle in every story , and always gives us the fight of some new creature at the end of it . His art consists chiefly in well timing his description , be- fore the first shape is quite worn off , and the new one perfectly ...
... describes a miracle in every story , and always gives us the fight of some new creature at the end of it . His art consists chiefly in well timing his description , be- fore the first shape is quite worn off , and the new one perfectly ...
Pagina 102
... describes a reality , and by adding greater beauties than are put together in nature , where he describes a fiction . He is not obliged to attend her in the flow advances which the makes from one season to another , or to ob- serve her ...
... describes a reality , and by adding greater beauties than are put together in nature , where he describes a fiction . He is not obliged to attend her in the flow advances which the makes from one season to another , or to ob- serve her ...
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ADDISON Æneid agreeable almoſt alſo beautiful becauſe beſt buſineſs cauſe confider confideration converſation courſe cuſtom defire delight deſcribes deſcription deſign diſcourſe eaſy Engliſh entertainment eyes faid falſe fame fatire fatisfaction fecret fide fight fince firſt folio fome foul fuch give houſe humble ſervant imagination inſtances itſelf juſt kind lady laſt leſs loſe manner mind moſt muſt myſelf nature neceſſary never obſerved occafion ourſelves Ovid paffion Paper paſs paſſage paſſed paſſions perſons pleaſing pleaſure poet preſent propoſal publiſhed purpoſe raiſe reader reaſon reliſh repreſented reſpect reſt riſe ſaid ſame ſay ſcenes ſecond ſee ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſerve ſet ſeveral ſex ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhould ſome ſomething ſometimes ſpeak ſpecies SPECT SPECTATOR ſpirits ſpring ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtory ſubject ſuch ſure ſurpriſed taſte theſe thing thoſe thought tion uſe verſe virtue whoſe writing