The Spectator, Volum 5William Durell and Company, 1810 |
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Pàgina 25
... light ; and the son fears the accession of his father's fortune , with diffidence , lest he should not enjoy or become it as well as his predecessor . Add to this , that the father knows he leaves a friend to the chil- dren of his ...
... light ; and the son fears the accession of his father's fortune , with diffidence , lest he should not enjoy or become it as well as his predecessor . Add to this , that the father knows he leaves a friend to the chil- dren of his ...
Pàgina 36
... light your fire at both ends , the middle will shift for itself . I am engaged in this speculation by a sight which I lately met with at the opera . As I was standing in the hinder part of a box , I took notice of a little clus- ter of ...
... light your fire at both ends , the middle will shift for itself . I am engaged in this speculation by a sight which I lately met with at the opera . As I was standing in the hinder part of a box , I took notice of a little clus- ter of ...
Pàgina 38
... light of the sun . This , says he , your Ovid himself has hinted , where he treats of these matters , when he tells us that the blue water- nymphs are dressed in sky - colored garments ; and that Aurora , who always appears in the light ...
... light of the sun . This , says he , your Ovid himself has hinted , where he treats of these matters , when he tells us that the blue water- nymphs are dressed in sky - colored garments ; and that Aurora , who always appears in the light ...
Pàgina 44
... lights : Homer , to preserve the unity of his action , hastens into the midst of things , as Horace has observed . Had he gone up to Leda's egg , or begun much later , even at the rape of Helen , or the investing of Troy , it is ...
... lights : Homer , to preserve the unity of his action , hastens into the midst of things , as Horace has observed . Had he gone up to Leda's egg , or begun much later , even at the rape of Helen , or the investing of Troy , it is ...
Pàgina 62
... light . DRYDEN . I RECEIVE RECEIVE a double advantage from the letters of my correspondents : first , as they shew me which of my papers are most acceptable to them ; and in the next place , as they furnish me with materials for 62 No ...
... light . DRYDEN . I RECEIVE RECEIVE a double advantage from the letters of my correspondents : first , as they shew me which of my papers are most acceptable to them ; and in the next place , as they furnish me with materials for 62 No ...
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