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... publish as you think fit . I am , Sir , yours , & c . X HOR . SAT . III . L. 1. v . 18 . Find the tragedy of The ... publishing the ex ceptions made againft gaiety at the end of ferious entertainments , in the follow- ing letter : I ...
... publish as you think fit . I am , Sir , yours , & c . X HOR . SAT . III . L. 1. v . 18 . Find the tragedy of The ... publishing the ex ceptions made againft gaiety at the end of ferious entertainments , in the follow- ing letter : I ...
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... publish another , which I have juft received from a gentleman who does not agree with him in his fentiments upon that matter . SIR , I Am amazed to find an epilogue at- tacked in your last Friday's paper , which has been fo generally ...
... publish another , which I have juft received from a gentleman who does not agree with him in his fentiments upon that matter . SIR , I Am amazed to find an epilogue at- tacked in your last Friday's paper , which has been fo generally ...
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... publish them till now . SIR , TO THE SPECTATOR . FINDING that our earnest enden- vours for the good of mankind have been bafely and maliciously reprefented to the world , we fend you inclosed our imperial manifefto , which it is our ...
... publish them till now . SIR , TO THE SPECTATOR . FINDING that our earnest enden- vours for the good of mankind have been bafely and maliciously reprefented to the world , we fend you inclosed our imperial manifefto , which it is our ...
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... publish it before April is quite out , that if any of them should be caught tripping , they may not pretend they had not timely notice . I am induced to this , being perfuaded the above - mentioned obfervation is as well calculated for ...
... publish it before April is quite out , that if any of them should be caught tripping , they may not pretend they had not timely notice . I am induced to this , being perfuaded the above - mentioned obfervation is as well calculated for ...
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... excellent inftitu- tion of fchools of charity : this method would make offenders themfelves do fer- vice to the public . But in the mean SC time time I defire you would publish this voluntary reparation which THE SPECTATOR . 751.
... excellent inftitu- tion of fchools of charity : this method would make offenders themfelves do fer- vice to the public . But in the mean SC time time I defire you would publish this voluntary reparation which THE SPECTATOR . 751.
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Seite 722 - For swift descent ; with him the cohort bright Of watchful Cherubim ; four faces each Had, like a double Janus ; all their shape Spangled with eyes more numerous than those...
Seite 823 - But this is certain, that a noble writer should be born with this faculty in its full strength and vigour, so as to be able to receive lively ideas from outward objects, to retain them long, and to range them together, upon occasion, in such figures and representations, as are most likely to hit the fancy of the reader.
Seite 1096 - ... figure in it, that as I looked upon him I could not forbear laughing at myself, insomuch that I put my own face out of countenance. The poor gentleman was so sensible of the ridicule, that I found he was ashamed of what he had done ; on the other side, I found that I myself had no great reason to triumph, for as I went to touch my forehead, I missed the place, and clapped...
Seite 811 - Our general taste in England is for epigram, turns of wit, and forced conceits, which have no manner of influence either for the bettering or enlarging the mind of him who reads them, and have been carefully avoided by the greatest writers, both among the ancients and moderns.
Seite 1096 - ... to them. One of these looked like a man walking upon stilts, and was so lifted up into the air, above his ordinary height, that his head turned round with it ; while the other made...
Seite 793 - Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart ; prove me, and examine my thoughts. Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me ; and lead me in the way everlasting.
Seite 754 - Shall finish what his short-lived sire begun : Their vines a shadow to their race shall yield, And the same hand that sow'd shall reap the field. The swain in barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise ; And starts, amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear. On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods. Waste sandy valleys once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn : To leafless...
Seite 929 - I asked a gentleman the other day, that is famous for a good carver, (at which acquisition he is out of countenance, imagining it may detract from some of his more essential qualifications,) to help me to something that was near him; but he excused himself, and blushing told me, "Of all things he could never carve in his life;" though it can be proved upon him that he cuts up, disjoints, and uncases with incomparable dexterity.
Seite 982 - River being crofled, we were received upon the further Bank by our Friends and Acquaintance, whom Comfort had brought out to congratulate our Appearance in the World again. Some of...
Seite 877 - In short, heaven is not to be looked upon only as the reward, but as the natural effect of a religious life.