The Spectator, Volume 6Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1712 |
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Pagina 42
... , and which would improve our virtue in pro- portion as it raised our delight . The passions that are excited by ordinary compositions generally flow from fuch : 1 such filly and absurd occafions , that a man 42 N ° 405 THE SPECTATOR .
... , and which would improve our virtue in pro- portion as it raised our delight . The passions that are excited by ordinary compositions generally flow from fuch : 1 such filly and absurd occafions , that a man 42 N ° 405 THE SPECTATOR .
Pagina 44
... delight old age ; are ⚫ the ornament of prosperity ; the solacement and • the refuge of adversity ; they are delectable at • home , and not burthensome abroad ; they glad- den us at nights , and on our journies , and in the • country ...
... delight old age ; are ⚫ the ornament of prosperity ; the solacement and • the refuge of adversity ; they are delectable at • home , and not burthensome abroad ; they glad- den us at nights , and on our journies , and in the • country ...
Pagina 45
... delight in , and are quali- fied for . Methinks most of the philosophers and ' moralists have run too much into extremes , in praising entirely either folitude or public life ; in the former * men generally grow useless by too much rest ...
... delight in , and are quali- fied for . Methinks most of the philosophers and ' moralists have run too much into extremes , in praising entirely either folitude or public life ; in the former * men generally grow useless by too much rest ...
Pagina 56
... delighted in an extraordinary manner , or if , upon reading the admired passages in such authors , he finds a coldness and indifference in his thoughts , he ought to conclude , not ( as is too usual among tasteless readers ) that the ...
... delighted in an extraordinary manner , or if , upon reading the admired passages in such authors , he finds a coldness and indifference in his thoughts , he ought to conclude , not ( as is too usual among tasteless readers ) that the ...
Pagina 57
... delighted with little more in that divine author than the bare matters of fact . But notwithstanding this faculty muft in fome mea- fure be born with us , there are several methods for cul- tivating and improving it , and without which ...
... delighted with little more in that divine author than the bare matters of fact . But notwithstanding this faculty muft in fome mea- fure be born with us , there are several methods for cul- tivating and improving it , and without which ...
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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