The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... moft fublime pens ; but if I could convey you to pofterity in your private cha- racter , and defcribe the ftature , the behaviour and aspect of the Duke of Marlborough , I queftion not but it would fill the reader with more agreeable ...
... moft fublime pens ; but if I could convey you to pofterity in your private cha- racter , and defcribe the ftature , the behaviour and aspect of the Duke of Marlborough , I queftion not but it would fill the reader with more agreeable ...
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... moft obedient , moft devoted , bumble Servant , The SPECTATOR . THE SPECTATOR . VOL . IV . THE SPECTATOR . DEDICATION .
... moft obedient , moft devoted , bumble Servant , The SPECTATOR . THE SPECTATOR . VOL . IV . THE SPECTATOR . DEDICATION .
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... house or opera , unless you would be laughed at for a very loving couple moft happily paired in the yoke of wedlock . I would recommend the example of an " ac- · · · acquaintance of ours to your imitation ; N ° 254 THE SPECTATOR . 17.
... house or opera , unless you would be laughed at for a very loving couple moft happily paired in the yoke of wedlock . I would recommend the example of an " ac- · · · acquaintance of ours to your imitation ; N ° 254 THE SPECTATOR . 17.
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... moft unfuccefsful in their pursuit after fame , who are moft defirous of ob- taining it . It is Salluft's remark upon Cato , that the lefs he coveted glory the more he acquired it . Men take an ill - natured pleafure in croffing our ...
... moft unfuccefsful in their pursuit after fame , who are moft defirous of ob- taining it . It is Salluft's remark upon Cato , that the lefs he coveted glory the more he acquired it . Men take an ill - natured pleafure in croffing our ...
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... moft men have fo much either of ill nature , or of wariness , as not to gratify or footh the vanity of the ambitious man , and fince this very thirft after fame naturally betrays him into fuch indecencies as are a leffening to his ...
... moft men have fo much either of ill nature , or of wariness , as not to gratify or footh the vanity of the ambitious man , and fince this very thirft after fame naturally betrays him into fuch indecencies as are a leffening to his ...
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action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo anſwer beauty becauſe befides behaviour character circumftances confideration converfation criticks defcribed defign defire difcourfe diſcover drefs Enville fable faid falutation fame fecond feems feen fenfe fent fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide filks fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpeech fpirit ftill fubject fuch fufficient give greateſt happineſs herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe humble fervant huſband ibid Iliad infert itſelf kind Lady laft laſt lefs Loft look mankind manner marriage meaſure Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion ourſelves Ovid paffage paffed paffion Paradife particular perfon pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poffible prefent publick racter raiſe reader reafon reprefented ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion uſe Virgil virtue whofe woman