The Spectator, Volume 9William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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... write to you without fear of being ridiculous ; and confess to you , that though it is three months since I lost a very agreeable woman , who was my wife , my sorrow is still fresh ; and I am often , in the midst of com- pany , upon any ...
... write to you without fear of being ridiculous ; and confess to you , that though it is three months since I lost a very agreeable woman , who was my wife , my sorrow is still fresh ; and I am often , in the midst of com- pany , upon any ...
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... writer , I have been entertained with the exploits of a river - god , or been forced to attend a fury in her ... write a manly panegyric , that should carry in it all the colors of truth , nothing can be more ridi- culous than to ...
... writer , I have been entertained with the exploits of a river - god , or been forced to attend a fury in her ... write a manly panegyric , that should carry in it all the colors of truth , nothing can be more ridi- culous than to ...
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... write in the Pagan creed , to make Prince Eugene a favorite of Mars , or to carry on a correspondence between Bellona and the Marshal de Villars , would be down- right puerility , and unpardonable in a poet that is past sixteen . It is ...
... write in the Pagan creed , to make Prince Eugene a favorite of Mars , or to carry on a correspondence between Bellona and the Marshal de Villars , would be down- right puerility , and unpardonable in a poet that is past sixteen . It is ...
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Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele. his poetry . who shall write on this subject , to remember that he is a Christian , and not to sacrifice his catechism to In order to it , I do expect of him , in the first place , to make his own poem ...
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele. his poetry . who shall write on this subject , to remember that he is a Christian , and not to sacrifice his catechism to In order to it , I do expect of him , in the first place , to make his own poem ...
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... write * dreams and visions , I determined to print nothing of that nature which was not of my own invention . But several laborious dreamers have of late communicated to me works of this nature , which , for their reputa- tions and my ...
... write * dreams and visions , I determined to print nothing of that nature which was not of my own invention . But several laborious dreamers have of late communicated to me works of this nature , which , for their reputa- tions and my ...
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