I do not know by the character that is given of her works, whether it is not for the benefit of mankind that they are lost. They were filled with such bewitching tenderness and rapture, that it might have been dangerous to have given them a reading. The Spectator - Pagina 2131726 - 312 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 294 pagina’s
...iU symptoms. She is called by ancient authors the tenth muse ; and by PJutarch is compared to Cacus the son of Vulcan, who breathed out nothing but flame. I do not know by the character I hat is given of her works, whether it is not for the benefit of mankind that they are lost. They... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 798 pagina’s
...with the utmost assiduity : though Mr. Addison (in the Spectator, No. 223.) judiciously observes ; " I do not know, by the character that is given of her...it is not for the benefit of mankind that they are lost. They were filled with such bewitching tenderness and rapture, that it might have been dangerous... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pagina’s
...called by ancient authors the tenth muse; and by Plutarch is compared to Cacus the son of Vulcaii, who breathed out nothing but flame. I do not know...it is not for the benefit of mankind that they are lost. They are filled with such bewitching tenderness and rapture, that it might have been dangerous... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 372 pagina’s
...symptoms. She is' called by antient authors, the tenth muse ; and by Plutarch is compared lo Cacus, the son of Vulcan, who breathed out nothing but flame....it is not for the benefit of mankind that they are lost. They were filled with such bewitching tenderness and rapture, that it might have been dangerous... | |
 | 1822 - 790 pagina’s
...its symptoms. She is called by ancient authors the tenth muse ; and by Plutarch is compared to Cacus nd Hazzard. William Brown, printer. lost. They are filled with such bewitching tenderness and rapture, that it might have been dangerous... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 330 pagina’s
...relics with the utmost assiduity: though Mr. Addison (in the Spectator, No. 223) judiciously observes: ' I do not know, by the character that is given of her...it is not for the benefit of mankind that they are lost. They were filled with such bewitching tenderness and rapture, that it might have been dangerous... | |
 | 1823 - 426 pagina’s
...its symptoms. She is called by ancient authors the tenth muse ; and by Plutarch is compared to Cacus the son of Vulcan, who breathed out nothing but flame....it is not for the benefit of mankind that they are lost. They are filled with such bewitching tenderness and rapture, that it might have been dangerous... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 278 pagina’s
...its symptoms. She is called by ancient authors the tenth muse ; and by Plutarch is compared to Cacus the son of Vulcan, who breathed out nothing but flame....it is not for the benefit of mankind that they are lost. They are filled with such bewitching tenderness and rapture, that it might have been dangerous... | |
 | 1836 - 930 pagina’s
...its svmptoms. She is called by ancient authors the tenth muse; and by Plutarch is compared to Cacus the son of Vulcan, who breathed out nothing but flame....it is not for the benefit of mankind that they are lost They were filled with such bewitching tenderness and rapture, that it might have been dangerous... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 480 pagina’s
...its. symptoms. She is called by ancient authors the tenth muse; and by Plutarch is compared to Cacus the son of Vulcan, who breathed out nothing but flame....it is not for the benefit of mankind that they are lost They were filled with such bewitching tenderness and rapture, that it might have been dangerous... | |
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