The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... himself been the fole won- der of the age . I need not tell my reader , that I here point at the reign of Auguftus , and I believe he will be of my opinion , that neither Virgil nor Horace would have gained fo great a reputation in the ...
... himself been the fole won- der of the age . I need not tell my reader , that I here point at the reign of Auguftus , and I believe he will be of my opinion , that neither Virgil nor Horace would have gained fo great a reputation in the ...
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... himself . Were not this defire of fame very strong , the diffi- culty of obtaining it , and the danger of lofing it when obtained , would be fufficient to deter a man from fo vain a pursuit . How few are there who are furnished with ...
... himself . Were not this defire of fame very strong , the diffi- culty of obtaining it , and the danger of lofing it when obtained , would be fufficient to deter a man from fo vain a pursuit . How few are there who are furnished with ...
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... himself , and betrays him in- to vain fantastical recitals of his own performances : His difcourfe generally leans one way , and , whatever is the fubject of it , tends obliquely either to the detract- ing from others , or to the ...
... himself , and betrays him in- to vain fantastical recitals of his own performances : His difcourfe generally leans one way , and , whatever is the fubject of it , tends obliquely either to the detract- ing from others , or to the ...
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... himself , yet would he meet with no fmall trouble in keeping up his reputation in all its height and fplendor . There must be always a noble train of actions to pre- ferve his fame in life and motion . For when it is once at a ftand ...
... himself , yet would he meet with no fmall trouble in keeping up his reputation in all its height and fplendor . There must be always a noble train of actions to pre- ferve his fame in life and motion . For when it is once at a ftand ...
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... cenfures . How little therefore is the happiness of an ambitious man , who gives every one a dominion over it , who thus fubjects himself to B 2 the the good or ill fpeeches of others , and puts : No 256 THE SPECTATOR . 27.
... cenfures . How little therefore is the happiness of an ambitious man , who gives every one a dominion over it , who thus fubjects himself to B 2 the the good or ill fpeeches of others , and puts : No 256 THE SPECTATOR . 27.
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action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo anſwer beauty becauſe befides behaviour character circumftances confideration converfation criticks defcribed defign defire difcourfe diſcover drefs Enville fable faid falutation fame fecond feems feen fenfe fent fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide filks fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpeech fpirit ftill fubject fuch fufficient give greateſt happineſs herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe humble fervant huſband ibid Iliad infert itſelf kind Lady laft laſt lefs Loft look mankind manner marriage meaſure Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion ourſelves Ovid paffage paffed paffion Paradife particular perfon pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poffible prefent publick racter raiſe reader reafon reprefented ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion uſe Virgil virtue whofe woman