The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volumen2George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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... nature of things ; for where the likeness is obvious , it gives no surprise . To compare one man's singing to that of another , or to represent the whiteness of any object by that of milk and snow , or the variety of its colours by ...
... nature of things ; for where the likeness is obvious , it gives no surprise . To compare one man's singing to that of another , or to represent the whiteness of any object by that of milk and snow , or the variety of its colours by ...
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... nature has been thought to resemble fire ; for which reason the words fire and flame are made use of to signify love . The witty poets therefore have taken an advantage from the double meaning of the word fire , to make an infinite ...
... nature has been thought to resemble fire ; for which reason the words fire and flame are made use of to signify love . The witty poets therefore have taken an advantage from the double meaning of the word fire , to make an infinite ...
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... nature are nothing else but a tissue of epigrams , I cannot conclude this head of mixt wit , without owning that the admirable poet , out of whom I have taken the examples of it , had as much true wit as any author that ever writ ; and ...
... nature are nothing else but a tissue of epigrams , I cannot conclude this head of mixt wit , without owning that the admirable poet , out of whom I have taken the examples of it , had as much true wit as any author that ever writ ; and ...
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... natural beauties . Poets who want this strength of genius to 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 ...
... natural beauties . Poets who want this strength of genius to 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 ...
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... Nature fails him , and being forced to his old shift , he has recourse to witticism . This passes indeed with his soft admirers , and gives him the preference to Virgil in their esteem . ' 6 Were I not supported by so great an authority ...
... Nature fails him , and being forced to his old shift , he has recourse to witticism . This passes indeed with his soft admirers , and gives him the preference to Virgil in their esteem . ' 6 Were I not supported by so great an authority ...
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