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The first of the letters with which I acquit myself for this day , is written by one who
proposes to improve our entertainments of dramatic poetry , and the other comes
from three persons , who , as soon as named , will be thought capable of ...
The first of the letters with which I acquit myself for this day , is written by one who
proposes to improve our entertainments of dramatic poetry , and the other comes
from three persons , who , as soon as named , will be thought capable of ...
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I receive a double advantage from the letters of my correspondents ; first , as they
shew me which of my papers are most acceptable ... Sometimes indeed I do not
make use of the letter itself , but form the hints of it into plans of my own invention
...
I receive a double advantage from the letters of my correspondents ; first , as they
shew me which of my papers are most acceptable ... Sometimes indeed I do not
make use of the letter itself , but form the hints of it into plans of my own invention
...
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It is for this reason that I lay before my reader the ollowing letter , and leave it with
him to make his wn use of it , without adding any reflections of my wn upon the
subject matter . MR . SPECTATOR , · Having carefully perused a letter sent you
by ...
It is for this reason that I lay before my reader the ollowing letter , and leave it with
him to make his wn use of it , without adding any reflections of my wn upon the
subject matter . MR . SPECTATOR , · Having carefully perused a letter sent you
by ...
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Will Honeycomb , who is a great admirer of the gallantries in King Charles the
Second's reign , lately communicated to me a letter written by a wit of that age to
his mistress , who it seems was a lady of Canidia's humour ; and though I do not ...
Will Honeycomb , who is a great admirer of the gallantries in King Charles the
Second's reign , lately communicated to me a letter written by a wit of that age to
his mistress , who it seems was a lady of Canidia's humour ; and though I do not ...
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The circumstances of my correspondent , whose letter I now insert , are so
frequent , that I cannot want compassion so much as to forbear laying it before
the town . There is something so mean and inhuman in a direct Smithfield
bargain for ...
The circumstances of my correspondent , whose letter I now insert , are so
frequent , that I cannot want compassion so much as to forbear laying it before
the town . There is something so mean and inhuman in a direct Smithfield
bargain for ...
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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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