The Spectator, Volume 9William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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Page 34
... king , and always a king . For this reason it would be thought very absurd in Mr. Bullock , not- withstanding the height and gracefulness of his per- son , to sit at the right hand of a hero , though he were but five feet high . The ...
... king , and always a king . For this reason it would be thought very absurd in Mr. Bullock , not- withstanding the height and gracefulness of his per- son , to sit at the right hand of a hero , though he were but five feet high . The ...
Page 39
... King : Than he none greater ; next him none , That can be , is , or was : Supreme he singly fills the throne . CREECH . SIMONIDIES being asked by Dionysius the ty- rant , What God was ? desired a day's time to consi- der of it before he ...
... King : Than he none greater ; next him none , That can be , is , or was : Supreme he singly fills the throne . CREECH . SIMONIDIES being asked by Dionysius the ty- rant , What God was ? desired a day's time to consi- der of it before he ...
Page 46
... with the dogs , and king amidst the ' squires ; From pert to stupid sinks supinely down , In youth a coxcomb , and in age a clown . ; • Such readers scorn'd thou wing'st thy daring flight ' 46 No. 532 . THE SPECTATOR .
... with the dogs , and king amidst the ' squires ; From pert to stupid sinks supinely down , In youth a coxcomb , and in age a clown . ; • Such readers scorn'd thou wing'st thy daring flight ' 46 No. 532 . THE SPECTATOR .
Page 68
... kings , " O king , live for ever ! " may be addressed to the lowest and most despised mortal among us , under all the infirmities and dis- tresses with which we see him surrounded . And who- ever believes the immortality of the soul ...
... kings , " O king , live for ever ! " may be addressed to the lowest and most despised mortal among us , under all the infirmities and dis- tresses with which we see him surrounded . And who- ever believes the immortality of the soul ...
Page 82
... king of Spain ) to rescue Belge ( i . e . Holland , ) and he beats the Gran- torto ( the same Philip in another light ) to restore Ire- na ( i . e . peace to Europe ) . " Chastity being the first female virtue , Brito- martis is a ...
... king of Spain ) to rescue Belge ( i . e . Holland , ) and he beats the Gran- torto ( the same Philip in another light ) to restore Ire- na ( i . e . peace to Europe ) . " Chastity being the first female virtue , Brito- martis is a ...
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