The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays, Volume 4C. Dilly, 1788 |
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... spirit of Mary , and the imperious pre- rogative of Elizabeth left fcarce a fhadow of freedom in the people ; and , in spite of all the boafted glories of Elizabeth's golden days , I muft doubt if any nation can be happy , whofe lives ...
... spirit of Mary , and the imperious pre- rogative of Elizabeth left fcarce a fhadow of freedom in the people ; and , in spite of all the boafted glories of Elizabeth's golden days , I muft doubt if any nation can be happy , whofe lives ...
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... spirit , that would have done honour to Pifftratus or Pericles , conftructed a fpacious lyceum for the reception of these pictures , which he laid open to the re- fort both of citizens and strangers , and the fuc- cefs of the work ...
... spirit , that would have done honour to Pifftratus or Pericles , conftructed a fpacious lyceum for the reception of these pictures , which he laid open to the re- fort both of citizens and strangers , and the fuc- cefs of the work ...
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... flagged under the preffure of un- experienced reftraints ; but if I may form a conjecture of the comparative spirit and excel- lence lence of the Middle Comedy from the famples and fragments 64 THE OBSERVER . N ° 100 .
... flagged under the preffure of un- experienced reftraints ; but if I may form a conjecture of the comparative spirit and excel- lence lence of the Middle Comedy from the famples and fragments 64 THE OBSERVER . N ° 100 .
Page 73
... spirit ; when that process is over and it comes to fettle and subside , we ર may then and not till then expect to find a permanent tranquillity . " This allufion he again takes up , probably in the fame scene , though under a different ...
... spirit ; when that process is over and it comes to fettle and subside , we ર may then and not till then expect to find a permanent tranquillity . " This allufion he again takes up , probably in the fame scene , though under a different ...
Page 106
... spirit to the skies , " His body to the clay of which ' twas form'd , 66 Imparted to him as a loan for life , " Which he and all muft render back again " To earth , the common mother of mankind . " Again , in a strain yet more elevated ...
... spirit to the skies , " His body to the clay of which ' twas form'd , 66 Imparted to him as a loan for life , " Which he and all muft render back again " To earth , the common mother of mankind . " Again , in a strain yet more elevated ...
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