The Guardian: In Two Volumes, Volume 1J. Thompson and S. Dampier, 1762 |
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Page 20
... seems , on- ly excited her curiofity and I am afraid the is better read than I know of ; for fhe faid of a glass of water in which the was going to wash her hands , after dinner , dip . ping her fingers with a pretty lovely air , It is ...
... seems , on- ly excited her curiofity and I am afraid the is better read than I know of ; for fhe faid of a glass of water in which the was going to wash her hands , after dinner , dip . ping her fingers with a pretty lovely air , It is ...
Page 38
... seems to have nothing more in his thoughts , than to increase his town to such an extent , that all the country for ten miles round about fhall be little enough to fupply it . He confiders , that at how great a distance foever ...
... seems to have nothing more in his thoughts , than to increase his town to such an extent , that all the country for ten miles round about fhall be little enough to fupply it . He confiders , that at how great a distance foever ...
Page 48
... , fometimes bold , and even abrupt digreffions , where the dignity of the fubject seems to give the impulfe , are proofs of a noble genius ; as " winding about , and returning artfully to the main defign 49 . No 12 . TAE GUARDIAN .
... , fometimes bold , and even abrupt digreffions , where the dignity of the fubject seems to give the impulfe , are proofs of a noble genius ; as " winding about , and returning artfully to the main defign 49 . No 12 . TAE GUARDIAN .
Page 87
... seem fo ftrict in my notions of innocence and fimplicity , as to deny the ufe of a little railing , or the liberty of ftealing a kid or a sheep - hook : for these are likewife fuch petty enormities , that we must think the country happy ...
... seem fo ftrict in my notions of innocence and fimplicity , as to deny the ufe of a little railing , or the liberty of ftealing a kid or a sheep - hook : for these are likewife fuch petty enormities , that we must think the country happy ...
Page 89
... seems to come eafily to the mind ; as in the following admirable improvement of Virgil and Theocritus . Fair is my flock , nor yet uncomely I , If liquid fountains flatter not . And why Should liquid fountains flatter us , yet show The ...
... seems to come eafily to the mind ; as in the following admirable improvement of Virgil and Theocritus . Fair is my flock , nor yet uncomely I , If liquid fountains flatter not . And why Should liquid fountains flatter us , yet show The ...
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