On the contrary, a spacious horizon is an image of liberty, where the eye has room to range abroad, to expatiate at large on the immensity of its views, and to lose itself amidst the variety of objects that offer themselves to its observation. Wisdom, Wit, and Allegory. Selected from "The Spectator" - Page 268by Joseph Addison, P.P. - London. - Spectator, 1711-14 - 1864 - 318 pagesFull view - About this book
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| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 710 pages
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| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 726 pages
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| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 698 pages
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| Joseph Addison - 1856 - 704 pages
...numberless instances in Mr. Addison's writings ; as in the next of his papers on the imagination — " the eye has room to range abroad, to expatiate at...objects that offer themselves to its observation." The instance, here given, is liable to no objection. But there is danger, no doubt, lest this attention... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1856 - 1090 pages
...writing:* ; as in the next of his papers on the imagination — " the eye has room to range abrond, to expatiate at large on the immensity of its views,...objects that offer themselves to its observation." The instance, here given, is liable to no- objection. But there is danger, no doubt, lest this attention... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 542 pages
...neighbourhood of walls or mountains. On the contrary, a spacious horizon is an image of liberty, where2 the eye has room to range abroad, to expatiate at large on the immensity of 1 Very incorrect. It should be thus — There will be a mixture of delight, &c., according as, &c.... | |
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