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... pasteboard that is invested with a public character ; for which reason I have
never glanced upon the late designed procession of his Holiness and his
attendants , notwithstanding it might have afforded matter to many ludicrous
speculations .
... pasteboard that is invested with a public character ; for which reason I have
never glanced upon the late designed procession of his Holiness and his
attendants , notwithstanding it might have afforded matter to many ludicrous
speculations .
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It is not that I think I have been more witty than I ought of late , that at present I
wholly forbear any attempt towards it : I am of opinion that I ought sometimes to
lay before the world the plain letters of my correspondents in the artless dress in ...
It is not that I think I have been more witty than I ought of late , that at present I
wholly forbear any attempt towards it : I am of opinion that I ought sometimes to
lay before the world the plain letters of my correspondents in the artless dress in ...
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... whom I passed for a most ingenious man , I have consulted one who is well
versed in the Greek language , and he assures his word , that your late quotation
means no more than that “ manners , not dress , are the ornaments of a woman .
... whom I passed for a most ingenious man , I have consulted one who is well
versed in the Greek language , and he assures his word , that your late quotation
means no more than that “ manners , not dress , are the ornaments of a woman .
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... ( which since their appearance in public , have been the chief exercise of the
female loquatious faculty ) I found the fairones possessed with a dissatisfaction at
your prefixing Greek mottos to the frontispieces of your late papers ; and as a
man ...
... ( which since their appearance in public , have been the chief exercise of the
female loquatious faculty ) I found the fairones possessed with a dissatisfaction at
your prefixing Greek mottos to the frontispieces of your late papers ; and as a
man ...
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SPECTATOR , · I have for some time made love to a lady , who received it with all
the kind returns I ought to expect : but without any provocation , that I know of ,
she has of late shunned me with the utmost abhorrence , insomuch that she went
...
SPECTATOR , · I have for some time made love to a lady , who received it with all
the kind returns I ought to expect : but without any provocation , that I know of ,
she has of late shunned me with the utmost abhorrence , insomuch that she went
...
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Página 232 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Página 234 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Página 343 - On our first father; half her swelling breast Naked met his under the flowing gold Of her loose tresses hid: he, in delight Both of her beauty and submissive charms, Smiled with superior love, as Jupiter On Juno smiles, when he impregns the clouds That shed May flowers...
Página 234 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Página 234 - Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.
Página 165 - And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth...
Página 344 - Which they beheld, the moon's resplendent globe, And starry pole : Thou also mad'st the night, Maker Omnipotent, and thou the day...
Página 271 - To work in close design, by fraud or guile, What force effected not: that he no less At length from us may find, who overcomes By force hath overcome but half his foe. Space may produce new worlds...
Página 342 - So pass'd they naked on, nor shunn'd the sight Of God or Angel; for they thought no ill: So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair, That ever since in love's embraces met; Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Página 60 - ¿Eneid also labours in this particular, and has episodes which may be looked upon as excrescences rather than as parts of the action. On the contrary, the poem which we have now under our consideration, hath no other episodes than such as naturally arise from the subject, and yet is filled with such a multitude of astonishing incidents...
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The British Essayists: Spectator Volumen8 de The British Essayists, James Ferguson Volumen8 de The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical, James Ferguson |
| Editor | James Ferguson |
| Colaborador | James Ferguson |
| Edición | 2 |
| Editor | J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 11 Ene. 2006 |
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