The Spectator, Volume 2J. Sharpe, 1808 |
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Pagina 10
... reader , rather as the first sketch and outlines of a vision , than as a finished piece . I dreamt that I was admitted into a long , spacious gallery , which had one side covered with pieces of all the famous painters who are now living ...
... reader , rather as the first sketch and outlines of a vision , than as a finished piece . I dreamt that I was admitted into a long , spacious gallery , which had one side covered with pieces of all the famous painters who are now living ...
Pagina 18
... reader will think I am not seri- ous , when I acquaint him that the piece I am go- ing to speak of , was the old ballad of the two chil- dren in the wood * , which is one of the darling songs of the common people , and has been the ...
... reader will think I am not seri- ous , when I acquaint him that the piece I am go- ing to speak of , was the old ballad of the two chil- dren in the wood * , which is one of the darling songs of the common people , and has been the ...
Pagina 19
... reader of common humanity not to be affec- ted with them . As for the circumstance of the ro- bin - red - breast , it is indeed a little poetical orna- ment ; and to shew the genius of the author amidst all his simplicity , it is just ...
... reader of common humanity not to be affec- ted with them . As for the circumstance of the ro- bin - red - breast , it is indeed a little poetical orna- ment ; and to shew the genius of the author amidst all his simplicity , it is just ...
Pagina 20
... reader to Moliere's thoughts on this subject , as he has expressed them in the character of the Misanthrope ; but those only who are endowed with a true greatness of soul and genius can divest themselves of the little images of ridicule ...
... reader to Moliere's thoughts on this subject , as he has expressed them in the character of the Misanthrope ; but those only who are endowed with a true greatness of soul and genius can divest themselves of the little images of ridicule ...
Pagina 35
... readers . First of all , I would have them seriously think on the shortness of their time . Life is not long enough for a coquette to play all her tricks in . A timorous woman drops into her grave before she has done deliberating . Were ...
... readers . First of all , I would have them seriously think on the shortness of their time . Life is not long enough for a coquette to play all her tricks in . A timorous woman drops into her grave before she has done deliberating . Were ...
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