The Spectator: With Notes and a General Index, Volume 1J.J. Woodward, 1836 - 1 pages |
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... action of any importance , is to have a prospect of public good : and that the general tendency audience . C. June ... actions ought to be agree- | any No. 6. ] 25 THE SPECTATOR .
... action of any importance , is to have a prospect of public good : and that the general tendency audience . C. June ... actions ought to be agree- | any No. 6. ] 25 THE SPECTATOR .
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... action gives new majesty to kings , resolution to heroes , and softness to lovers , thus sinking from the greatness of his behaviour , and degraded into the character of the London Prentice . I have often wished , that our tragedians ...
... action gives new majesty to kings , resolution to heroes , and softness to lovers , thus sinking from the greatness of his behaviour , and degraded into the character of the London Prentice . I have often wished , that our tragedians ...
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... action little , less to words inclined ! that the whole opera is performed in an opinion upon the subject of music ; which I unknown tongue . We no longer under- shall lay down only in a problematical man- stand the language of our own ...
... action little , less to words inclined ! that the whole opera is performed in an opinion upon the subject of music ; which I unknown tongue . We no longer under- shall lay down only in a problematical man- stand the language of our own ...
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... action that is not part of a regimen , or course of physic ; are pur- poses so abject , so mean , so unworthy human nature , that a generous soul would rather die than submit to them . Besides that a continual anxiety for life vitiates ...
... action that is not part of a regimen , or course of physic ; are pur- poses so abject , so mean , so unworthy human nature , that a generous soul would rather die than submit to them . Besides that a continual anxiety for life vitiates ...
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... action ; but betrays an interruption in every second thought , when the consciousness is employed in too fondly approving a man's own conceptions ; which sort of consciousness is what we calà affectation . As the love of praise is ...
... action ; but betrays an interruption in every second thought , when the consciousness is employed in too fondly approving a man's own conceptions ; which sort of consciousness is what we calà affectation . As the love of praise is ...
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