The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volumen2George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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... gives delight and surprise to the reader . These two pro- perties seem essential to wit , more particularly the last of them . In order therefore that the resemblance in the ideas be wit , it is necessary that the ideas should not lie ...
... gives delight and surprise to the reader . These two pro- perties seem essential to wit , more particularly the last of them . In order therefore that the resemblance in the ideas be wit , it is necessary that the ideas should not lie ...
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... give over his passion , he tells us that one burnt like him for ever dreads the fire . His heart is an Ætna , that instead of Vulcan's shop , incloses Cu- pid's forge in it . His endeavouring to dro , n his love in wine , is throwing ...
... give over his passion , he tells us that one burnt like him for ever dreads the fire . His heart is an Ætna , that instead of Vulcan's shop , incloses Cu- pid's forge in it . His endeavouring to dro , n his love in wine , is throwing ...
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... give that majestic simplicity to nature , which we so much admire in the works of the ancients , are forced to hunt after foreign ornaments , and not to let any piece of wit of what kind soever escape them . I look upon these writers as ...
... give that majestic simplicity to nature , which we so much admire in the works of the ancients , are forced to hunt after foreign ornaments , and not to let any piece of wit of what kind soever escape them . I look upon these writers as ...
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... gives him the preference to Virgil in their esteem . ' 6 Were I not supported by so great an authority as that of Mr. Dryden , I should not venture to observe , that the taste of most of our English poets , as well as readers , is ...
... gives him the preference to Virgil in their esteem . ' 6 Were I not supported by so great an authority as that of Mr. Dryden , I should not venture to observe , that the taste of most of our English poets , as well as readers , is ...
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... give them no encouragement ; as the tossings and fluctuations of the sea continue several hours after the winds are laid . It is to this that I impute my last night's dream or vision , which formed into one continued allegory the ...
... give them no encouragement ; as the tossings and fluctuations of the sea continue several hours after the winds are laid . It is to this that I impute my last night's dream or vision , which formed into one continued allegory the ...
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