The Spectator, Band 6W. Wilson, 1778 |
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... ideas and pictures as are hardly any thing but fhade , fuch as night , the devil , & c . Thefe portraitures very near overpower the light of the understanding , almost benight the faculties , and give that melancholy tincture to the ...
... ideas and pictures as are hardly any thing but fhade , fuch as night , the devil , & c . Thefe portraitures very near overpower the light of the understanding , almost benight the faculties , and give that melancholy tincture to the ...
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... idea more loose than that of a beautiful woman fet off to advantage . The like , or more deli- cate and careful spirit of modefty , appears in the follow- ing paffage in one of Mr. Philips's pastorals . Breathe foft ye winds , ye waters ...
... idea more loose than that of a beautiful woman fet off to advantage . The like , or more deli- cate and careful spirit of modefty , appears in the follow- ing paffage in one of Mr. Philips's pastorals . Breathe foft ye winds , ye waters ...
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... ideas , converfes with its objects at the great- eft diftance , and continues the longeft in action with- out being tired or fatiated with its proper enjoyments . The fenfe of feeling can indeed give us a notion of extenfion , fhape ...
... ideas , converfes with its objects at the great- eft diftance , and continues the longeft in action with- out being tired or fatiated with its proper enjoyments . The fenfe of feeling can indeed give us a notion of extenfion , fhape ...
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... ideas into our minds by paintings , ftatues , defcriptions , or any the like occafion . We cannot indeed have a fin- gle image in the fancy that did not make its firft en- trance through the fight ; but we have the power of re- taining ...
... ideas into our minds by paintings , ftatues , defcriptions , or any the like occafion . We cannot indeed have a fin- gle image in the fancy that did not make its firft en- trance through the fight ; but we have the power of re- taining ...
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... idea of which it was not before poffeffed . We are in- deed fo often converfant with one set of objects , and tired out with fo many repeated shows of the fame things , that whatever is new or uncommon contributes a little to vary human ...
... idea of which it was not before poffeffed . We are in- deed fo often converfant with one set of objects , and tired out with fo many repeated shows of the fame things , that whatever is new or uncommon contributes a little to vary human ...
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Æneid againſt agreeable appear arife Auguſt beautiful becauſe befides bufinefs caufe confider confideration converfation Cynthio defcription defign defire delight difcourfe drefs eafy eyes faid fame fancy fatire fatisfaction fcenes fecond fecret feems feen felf felves fenfe fent feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fight filk fince firft fome fomething fometimes foul fpeak fpecies fpeculations fpirits ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fure give greateſt heart himſelf humble fervant humour imagination itſelf kind lady laft lefs look manner mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion ourſelves OVID paffed paffions pallion paper perfons pleafing pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure poet prefent racter raifed raiſe reader reafon reflection reprefented rife ſhe SPECTATOR thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion underſtanding uſed verfe virtue whofe whole words worfe writing
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Seite 267 - Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Seite 48 - Our words flow from us in a smooth continued stream, without those strainings of the voice, motions of the body, and majesty of the hand, which are so much celebrated in the orators of Greece and Rome. We can talk of life and death in cold blood, and keep our temper in a discourse which turns upon every thing that is dear to us.
Seite 15 - ... for whose sake I am now as I am, whose name I could some good while since...
Seite 14 - But let not your grace ever imagine that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault, where not so much as a thought thereof preceded. And to speak a truth, never prince had wife more loyal in all duty, and in all true affection, than you have ever found in Anne Boleyn...
Seite 76 - I do not know whether I am singular in my opinion, but, for my own part, I would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriancy and diffusion of boughs and branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure ; and cannot but fancy that an orchard in flower looks infinitely more delightful than all the little labyrinths of the most finished parterre.
Seite 74 - Unvex'd with quarrels, undisturb'd with noise, The country king his peaceful realm enjoys — Cool grots, and living lakes, the flow'ry pride Of meads, and streams that through the valley glide And shady groves that easy sleep invite, And, after toilsome days, a soft repose at night.
Seite 69 - There is a second kind of beauty that we find in the several products of art and nature, which does not work in the imagination with that warmth and violence as the beauty that appears in our proper species, but is apt however to raise in us a secret delight, and a kind of fondness for the places or objects in which we discover it.
Seite 93 - He is at no more expense in a long vista than a short one, and can as easily throw his cascades from a precipice of half a mile high, as from one of twenty yards. He has his choice of the winds, and can turn the course of his rivers in all the variety of meanders that are most delightful to the reader's imagination.
Seite 71 - He has annexed a secret pleasure to the idea of any thing that is new or uncommon, that he might encourage us in the pursuit after knowledge, and engage us to search into the wonders of his creation ; for every new idea brings such a pleasure along with it as rewards any pains we have taken in its acquisition, and consequently serves as a motive to put us upon fresh discoveries.
Seite 22 - They either do not see our faults, or conceal them from us, or soften them by their representations, after such a manner, that we think them too trivial to be taken notice of. An adversary, on the contrary, makes a stricter search into us, discovers every flaw and imperfection in our tempers, and though his malice may...