The Spectator, Volume 5William Durell and Company, 1810 - English essays |
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Page 8
... short in the pole of his neck . This , in the per- son who believed he could do it with a good grace , and was refused the opportunity , is justly resented with a coldness in the whole ensuing season . great beauties , people in much ...
... short in the pole of his neck . This , in the per- son who believed he could do it with a good grace , and was refused the opportunity , is justly resented with a coldness in the whole ensuing season . great beauties , people in much ...
Page 13
... short unaccountably , and as she herself told a confidant of hers , she has cold fits . These fits shall last her a month or six weeks together ; and as she falls into them without provocation , so it is to be hoped she will return from ...
... short unaccountably , and as she herself told a confidant of hers , she has cold fits . These fits shall last her a month or six weeks together ; and as she falls into them without provocation , so it is to be hoped she will return from ...
Page 38
... short , he is for losing the color of the face in that of the hood , as a fire burns dimly , and a candle goes half out , in the light of the sun . This , says he , your Ovid himself has hinted , where he treats of these matters , when ...
... short , he is for losing the color of the face in that of the hood , as a fire burns dimly , and a candle goes half out , in the light of the sun . This , says he , your Ovid himself has hinted , where he treats of these matters , when ...
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... short of the Iliad or Eneid in the beauties which are essential to that kind of writing . The first thing to be considered in an epic poem is the fable ; which is perfect or imperfect according as the action which it relates is more or ...
... short of the Iliad or Eneid in the beauties which are essential to that kind of writing . The first thing to be considered in an epic poem is the fable ; which is perfect or imperfect according as the action which it relates is more or ...
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... short this is the same kind of beauty which the cri- tics admire in the Spanish Friar , or the Double Dis- covery , where the two different plots look like coun- ter parts and copies of one another . The second qualification required in ...
... short this is the same kind of beauty which the cri- tics admire in the Spanish Friar , or the Double Dis- covery , where the two different plots look like coun- ter parts and copies of one another . The second qualification required in ...
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