The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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... reader to peruse the fol- lowing expostulation : TO MR . SPECTATOR . ' The just remonstrance of affronted THAT . THOUGH I deny not the petition of Mr. WHO and WHICH , yet you should not suffer them to be rude , and to call honest people ...
... reader to peruse the fol- lowing expostulation : TO MR . SPECTATOR . ' The just remonstrance of affronted THAT . THOUGH I deny not the petition of Mr. WHO and WHICH , yet you should not suffer them to be rude , and to call honest people ...
Page 16
... reader , rather as the first sketch and outlines of a vision , than as a finished piece . I dreamt that I was admitted into a long , spa- cious gallery , which had one side covered with pieces of all the famous painters who are now ...
... reader , rather as the first sketch and outlines of a vision , than as a finished piece . I dreamt that I was admitted into a long , spa- cious gallery , which had one side covered with pieces of all the famous painters who are now ...
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... reader will think I am not serious , when I ac- quaint him that the piece I am going to speak of was the old ballad of the Two Children in the Wood , which is one of the darling songs of the common people , and has been the delight of ...
... reader will think I am not serious , when I ac- quaint him that the piece I am going to speak of was the old ballad of the Two Children in the Wood , which is one of the darling songs of the common people , and has been the delight of ...
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... reader with inward meltings of huma- nity and compassion . The incidents grow out of the subject , and are such as are the most proper to ex- cite pity ; for which reason the whole narration has something in it very moving ...
... reader with inward meltings of huma- nity and compassion . The incidents grow out of the subject , and are such as are the most proper to ex- cite pity ; for which reason the whole narration has something in it very moving ...
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... reader to Moliere's thoughts on this subject , as he expressed them in the character of the Misanthrope ; but those only who are endowed with a true greatness of soul and genius , can divest themselves of the little images of ridicule ...
... reader to Moliere's thoughts on this subject , as he expressed them in the character of the Misanthrope ; but those only who are endowed with a true greatness of soul and genius , can divest themselves of the little images of ridicule ...
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