The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
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Page 12
... fince there is fomething fo moving in the very image of weeping beauty , it would be worthy his art to provide , that thefe eloquent drops may no more be lavished on trifles , or employed as fer- vants to their wayward wills ; but ...
... fince there is fomething fo moving in the very image of weeping beauty , it would be worthy his art to provide , that thefe eloquent drops may no more be lavished on trifles , or employed as fer- vants to their wayward wills ; but ...
Page 13
... fince they cannot raise themfelves to the reputation of their fellow - writers , they muft en- deavour to fink it to their own pitch , if they would still keep themfelves upon a level with them . Indeed The greatest wits that ever were ...
... fince they cannot raise themfelves to the reputation of their fellow - writers , they muft en- deavour to fink it to their own pitch , if they would still keep themfelves upon a level with them . Indeed The greatest wits that ever were ...
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... fince , and is a master - piece in its kind . The obfervations follow one another like thofe in Horace's Art of Poetry , without that methodical regularity which would have been requifite in a profe author . They are fome of them ...
... fince , and is a master - piece in its kind . The obfervations follow one another like thofe in Horace's Art of Poetry , without that methodical regularity which would have been requifite in a profe author . They are fome of them ...
Page 19
... fince informed has no fortune . It would utterly ruin my reputation for discretion to marry fuch a one , and by what I can learn she has a character of great modefty , fo that there is nothing to be thought on any other way . My mind ...
... fince informed has no fortune . It would utterly ruin my reputation for discretion to marry fuch a one , and by what I can learn she has a character of great modefty , fo that there is nothing to be thought on any other way . My mind ...
Page 20
... fince the proper and genuine motives to thefe and the like great actions , would only influence virtuous minds ; there would be but small improvements in the world , were there not fome common principle of action work- ing equally with ...
... fince the proper and genuine motives to thefe and the like great actions , would only influence virtuous minds ; there would be but small improvements in the world , were there not fome common principle of action work- ing equally with ...
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