The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... opinion , that neither Virgil nor Horace would have gained fo great a reputation in the world , had they not been the friends and admirers of each other . Indeed all the great writers of that age , for whom fingly we have fo great an ...
... opinion , that neither Virgil nor Horace would have gained fo great a reputation in the world , had they not been the friends and admirers of each other . Indeed all the great writers of that age , for whom fingly we have fo great an ...
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... opinion of mankind ill- founded for certainly it denotes no great bravery of mind to be worked up to any noble action by fo selfish a motive , and to do that out of a defire of fame , which we could not be prompted to by a difinterested ...
... opinion of mankind ill- founded for certainly it denotes no great bravery of mind to be worked up to any noble action by fo selfish a motive , and to do that out of a defire of fame , which we could not be prompted to by a difinterested ...
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... opinion that is conceived of him , though they might raife the reputation of ano- ther they are a diminution to his . One would think there fhould be fomething won- derfully pleafing in the poffeffion of fame , that , not- withstanding ...
... opinion that is conceived of him , though they might raife the reputation of ano- ther they are a diminution to his . One would think there fhould be fomething won- derfully pleafing in the poffeffion of fame , that , not- withstanding ...
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... opinion of us as we have of ourselves ? But if the ambitious man can be fo much grieved even with praise itself , how will he be able to bear up under fcandal and defamation ? For the fame temper of mind which makes him defire fame ...
... opinion of us as we have of ourselves ? But if the ambitious man can be fo much grieved even with praise itself , how will he be able to bear up under fcandal and defamation ? For the fame temper of mind which makes him defire fame ...
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... opinion , with relation to fuch recreations , I have heretofore given with all the franknefs imaginable ; what concerns thofe arts at pre- fent the reader fhall have from my correfpondents . The first of the letters with which I acquit ...
... opinion , with relation to fuch recreations , I have heretofore given with all the franknefs imaginable ; what concerns thofe arts at pre- fent the reader fhall have from my correfpondents . The first of the letters with which I acquit ...
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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