The Spectator, Band 4W. Wilson, 1778 |
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... France , had , in the midft of his high fltation , a behaviour as gentle as is ufual in the firft fteps towards greatnefs ? and if it were poffible to express that eafy grandeur , which did at once A 2 DEDICATION . jii.
... France , had , in the midft of his high fltation , a behaviour as gentle as is ufual in the firft fteps towards greatnefs ? and if it were poffible to express that eafy grandeur , which did at once A 2 DEDICATION . jii.
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... poffible , they may by ftopped at a reasonable ex- pence : or indeed , fince there is fomething fo moving in the very image of weeping beauty , it would be wor- thy his art to provide , that thefe eloquent drops may no more be lavished ...
... poffible , they may by ftopped at a reasonable ex- pence : or indeed , fince there is fomething fo moving in the very image of weeping beauty , it would be wor- thy his art to provide , that thefe eloquent drops may no more be lavished ...
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... poffible perfec- tion in himself , fhall proclaim his worth before men and angels , and pronounce to him in the prefence of the whole creation that best and noft fignificant of ap- plaufes , " Well done , thou good and faithful fervant ...
... poffible perfec- tion in himself , fhall proclaim his worth before men and angels , and pronounce to him in the prefence of the whole creation that best and noft fignificant of ap- plaufes , " Well done , thou good and faithful fervant ...
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... poffible , that the traditions , on which the Iliad and Æneid were built , had more circumstances in them , than the history of the Fall of Man , as it is related in fcripture . Befides , it was easier for Homer and Virgil to dash the ...
... poffible , that the traditions , on which the Iliad and Æneid were built , had more circumstances in them , than the history of the Fall of Man , as it is related in fcripture . Befides , it was easier for Homer and Virgil to dash the ...
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... poffible there may be a pedant in holy orders , and we have feen one or two of them in the world ; but fuch a driveller as fir ROGER , fo bereft of all manner of pride , which is the characteristic of a pedant , is what one would not ...
... poffible there may be a pedant in holy orders , and we have feen one or two of them in the world ; but fuch a driveller as fir ROGER , fo bereft of all manner of pride , which is the characteristic of a pedant , is what one would not ...
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Seite 213 - ... a shout, that tore hell's concave, and beyond frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.
Seite 111 - Odyssey ; though at the same time, those who have treated this great poet with candour, have attributed this defect to the times in which he lived. It was the fault of the age, and not of Homer, if there wants that delicacy in some of his sentiments, which now appears in the works of men of a much inferior genius.
Seite 137 - They heard, and were abashed, and up they sprung Upon the wing; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel; Yet to their general's voice they soon obeyed, Innumerable.
Seite 299 - O thou, for whom And from whom I was form'd, flesh of thy flesh, And without whom am to no end ; my guide And head ! what thou hast said is just and right. For we to him, indeed, all praises owe, And daily thanks ; I chiefly, who enjoy So far the happier lot, enjoying thee Pre-eminent by so much odds, while thou Like consort to thyself canst no where find.
Seite 59 - But our female projectors were all the last summer so taken up with the improvement of their petticoats, that they had not time to attend to...
Seite 268 - His only Son : on earth he first beheld Our two first parents, yet the only two Of mankind, in the happy garden plac'd, Reaping immortal fruits of joy and love, Uninterrupted joy, unrival'd love, In blissful solitude : he then survey'd Hell and the gulf between, and Satan there 70 Coasting the wall of heav'n on this side night...
Seite 160 - Understanding would be thought a very odd book for a man to make himself master of, who would get a reputation by critical writings ; though at the same time it is very certain that an author, who has not learned the art of distinguishing between words and things, and of ranging...
Seite 15 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line, While they ring round the same unvaried chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes, Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Seite 67 - Roman empire, has described the birth of its great rival, the Carthaginian commonwealth, Milton with the like art in his poem on the fall of man has related the fall of those angels who are his professed enemies.
Seite 14 - Poetry, he will find but few precepts in it which he may not meet with in Aristotle, and which were not commonly known by all the poets of the Augustan age. His way of expressing and applying them, not his invention of them, is what