The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
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Page 10
... than that the eye is in every part , that is to fay , every other part would be mutilated , were not its force reprefented more : a · < 6 . 4 . 6 . by by the eye than even by itself . But this 10 No 252 THE SPECTATOR .
... than that the eye is in every part , that is to fay , every other part would be mutilated , were not its force reprefented more : a · < 6 . 4 . 6 . by by the eye than even by itself . But this 10 No 252 THE SPECTATOR .
Page 15
... reprefented lifting his ftone up the hill , which is no fooner carried to the top of it , but it immediately tumbles to the bottom . This double motion of the stone is admirably defcribed in the numbers of these verses in the four firft ...
... reprefented lifting his ftone up the hill , which is no fooner carried to the top of it , but it immediately tumbles to the bottom . This double motion of the stone is admirably defcribed in the numbers of these verses in the four firft ...
Page 116
... reprefented as thrown overboard , and drying himself upon a rock . But this piece of mirth is fo well timed , that the fevereft critic can have nothing to fay against it ; for it is in the book of games and di- verfions , where the ...
... reprefented as thrown overboard , and drying himself upon a rock . But this piece of mirth is fo well timed , that the fevereft critic can have nothing to fay against it ; for it is in the book of games and di- verfions , where the ...
Page 137
... reprefented as created beings ; and that , in the other , Adam and Eve are confounded with their fons and daughters . Such little blemishes as thefe , when the thought is great and natural , we fhould with Horace , impute to a ...
... reprefented as created beings ; and that , in the other , Adam and Eve are confounded with their fons and daughters . Such little blemishes as thefe , when the thought is great and natural , we fhould with Horace , impute to a ...
Page 146
... reprefented the king , the fenate the nobles , and the tribunes the people . This divifion of the three powers in the Roman conftitution was by no means fo diftinct and natural , as it is in the English form of govern- ment . Among ...
... reprefented the king , the fenate the nobles , and the tribunes the people . This divifion of the three powers in the Roman conftitution was by no means fo diftinct and natural , as it is in the English form of govern- ment . Among ...
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