The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and Explanatory Notes, Volumen 8J. Crissy, 1824 |
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... writer first of all pitches upon a certain moral as the ground - work and foundation of his poem , and afterwards finds out a story to it ; I am , however of opinion , that no just heroic poem ever was or can be made , from whence one ...
... writer first of all pitches upon a certain moral as the ground - work and foundation of his poem , and afterwards finds out a story to it ; I am , however of opinion , that no just heroic poem ever was or can be made , from whence one ...
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... writers of epic poems introduce shadowy persons , and represent vices and virtues under the charac- ter of men and women ; so I , who am a Spectator in the world , may perhaps sometimes make use of the names of the actors on the stage ...
... writers of epic poems introduce shadowy persons , and represent vices and virtues under the charac- ter of men and women ; so I , who am a Spectator in the world , may perhaps sometimes make use of the names of the actors on the stage ...
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... writing , which , though it was afterward dropped by the interposition of friends , put a stop to these ludicrous entertainments . Now , Sir , I dare say you will agree with me , that as there is no moral in these jests , they ought to ...
... writing , which , though it was afterward dropped by the interposition of friends , put a stop to these ludicrous entertainments . Now , Sir , I dare say you will agree with me , that as there is no moral in these jests , they ought to ...
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... writing , and for the humour - sake would read it to them , if they pleased . There were ten sheets of it , which might have been reduced to two , had there not been those abominable interpolations I have before mentioned . Upon the ...
... writing , and for the humour - sake would read it to them , if they pleased . There were ten sheets of it , which might have been reduced to two , had there not been those abominable interpolations I have before mentioned . Upon the ...
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... if you please , the Nimrod among this species of writers , I thought this discovery would not be unacceptable to you . ' I am , Sir , & c . ' I. No. 372. WEDNESDAY , MAY 7. By Steele . From 20 No. 371 . THE SPECTATOR .
... if you please , the Nimrod among this species of writers , I thought this discovery would not be unacceptable to you . ' I am , Sir , & c . ' I. No. 372. WEDNESDAY , MAY 7. By Steele . From 20 No. 371 . THE SPECTATOR .
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Página 48 - The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead, And boys in flowery bands the tiger lead; The steer and lion at one crib shall meet, And harmless serpents lick the pilgrim's feet.
Página 188 - tis sweet to visit first Untouch'd and virgin streams, and quench my thirst. CREECB. Ouu sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses: it fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Página 9 - They hand in hand with wand'ring steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Página 7 - Which he hath sent propitious some great good Presaging, since, with sorrow and heart's distress Wearied, I fell asleep : but now lead on ; In me is no delay ; with thee to go Is to stay here ; without thee here to stay Is to go hence unwilling ; thou to me Art all things under heaven, all places thou. Who for my wilful crime art banish'd hence This further consolation yet secure I carry hence ; though all by me is lost, Such favour I unworthy am vouchsafed, By me the promised Seed shall all restore.
Página 189 - We cannot indeed have a single image in the fancy that did not make its first entrance through the sight; but we have the power of retaining, altering, and compounding those images, which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision...
Página 128 - Boleyn ; with which name and place I could willingly have contented myself, if God and your grace's pleasure had been so pleased. Neither did I at any time so...
Página 129 - ... mine enemies, withdraw your princely favour from me; neither let that stain, that unworthy stain of a disloyal heart towards your good grace, ever cast so foul a blot on your most dutiful wife, and the infant princess your daughter.
Página 7 - Risen from a river o'er the marish glides, And gathers ground fast at the labourer's heel Homeward returning. High in front...
Página 206 - Our British Gardeners, on the contrary, instead of humouring Nature, love to deviate from it as much as possible, Our Trees rise in Cones, Globes, and Pyramids, We see the Marks of the Scissars upon every Plant and Bush...
Página 49 - O'erflow thy courts : the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd, and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away ; But fix'd his word, his saving power remains; Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own MESSIAH reigns !" My dear children, make this king of Zion your friend, by sweetly submitting to the sceptre of his grace.