The British Essayists: SpectatorAlexander Chalmers J. M'Creery, Printer, 1817 |
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... admire in the compo- sitions of the ancients ; and which nobody deviates from , but those who want strength of genius to make a thought shine in its own natural beauties . Poets who want this strength of genius to give that majestic ...
... admire in the compo- sitions of the ancients ; and which nobody deviates from , but those who want strength of genius to make a thought shine in its own natural beauties . Poets who want this strength of genius to give that majestic ...
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... admired in the Gazette . But whatever compliments may be made on these occasions , the true mourners are the mercers , silkmen , lacemen , and milliners . A prince of a merciful and royal disposition would reflect with great anxiety ...
... admired in the Gazette . But whatever compliments may be made on these occasions , the true mourners are the mercers , silkmen , lacemen , and milliners . A prince of a merciful and royal disposition would reflect with great anxiety ...
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... admired in all the assemblies about town , when her elder brother is afraid to come into a room . From this ill management it arises , that we frequently observe a man's life is half spent , before he is taken notice of ; and a woman in ...
... admired in all the assemblies about town , when her elder brother is afraid to come into a room . From this ill management it arises , that we frequently observe a man's life is half spent , before he is taken notice of ; and a woman in ...
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... admiration and good - will , but no loose hope or wild imagination . The true art in * Erudition seems to be used here in an uncommon sense , for cultivation or instruction . this case is , to make the mind and body 26 SPECTATOR .
... admiration and good - will , but no loose hope or wild imagination . The true art in * Erudition seems to be used here in an uncommon sense , for cultivation or instruction . this case is , to make the mind and body 26 SPECTATOR .
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... admire , Homer and Hesiod ; the latter of which compares valour and dancing to- gether , and says , that the gods have bestowed for- titude on some men , and on others a disposition for dancing . ' Lastly , he puts him in mind that ...
... admire , Homer and Hesiod ; the latter of which compares valour and dancing to- gether , and says , that the gods have bestowed for- titude on some men , and on others a disposition for dancing . ' Lastly , he puts him in mind that ...
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