The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... passage I would point to is in the third scene of the second act of The Humorous Lieutenant . Leu- cippe , who is agent for the king's lust , and bawds at the same time for the whole court , is very plea- santly introduced , reading her ...
... passage I would point to is in the third scene of the second act of The Humorous Lieutenant . Leu- cippe , who is agent for the king's lust , and bawds at the same time for the whole court , is very plea- santly introduced , reading her ...
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... in the grammar or syntax , where it is im- possible for him to mistake the poet's sense . Of this kind is that passage in Milton , wherein he speaks of Satan : God and his Son except , Created thing nought valu'd N ° 285 . 143 SPECTATOR .
... in the grammar or syntax , where it is im- possible for him to mistake the poet's sense . Of this kind is that passage in Milton , wherein he speaks of Satan : God and his Son except , Created thing nought valu'd N ° 285 . 143 SPECTATOR .
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... passage above men- tioned , eremite , for what is hermit in common dis- course . If you observe the measure of his verse , he has with great judgment suppressed a syllable in several words , and shortened those of two syllables into one ...
... passage above men- tioned , eremite , for what is hermit in common dis- course . If you observe the measure of his verse , he has with great judgment suppressed a syllable in several words , and shortened those of two syllables into one ...
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... passage in Polybius and another in Cicero to this purpose without a secret pleasure in applying it to the English constitution , which it suits much better than the Roman . Both these great authors give the pre - eminence to a mixt ...
... passage in Polybius and another in Cicero to this purpose without a secret pleasure in applying it to the English constitution , which it suits much better than the Roman . Both these great authors give the pre - eminence to a mixt ...
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... passage of An- tiphanes , a very ancient poet , who lived near an hundred years before Socrates , which represents the life of man under this view , as I have here trans- lated it word for word . ' Be not grieved , ' says he , ' above ...
... passage of An- tiphanes , a very ancient poet , who lived near an hundred years before Socrates , which represents the life of man under this view , as I have here trans- lated it word for word . ' Be not grieved , ' says he , ' above ...
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Страница 343 - On our first father; half her swelling breast Naked met his under the flowing gold Of her loose tresses hid: he, in delight Both of her beauty and submissive charms, Smiled with superior love, as Jupiter On Juno smiles, when he impregns the clouds That shed May flowers...
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Страница 342 - So pass'd they naked on, nor shunn'd the sight Of God or Angel; for they thought no ill: So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair, That ever since in love's embraces met; Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
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