The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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Page 72
... epigram lately sent to the writer of the Spectator , after having re- turned my thanks to the ingenious author of it . SIR , HAVING heard the following epigram very much commended , I wonder that it has not yet had a place in any of ...
... epigram lately sent to the writer of the Spectator , after having re- turned my thanks to the ingenious author of it . SIR , HAVING heard the following epigram very much commended , I wonder that it has not yet had a place in any of ...
Page 80
... epigram of Mar- tial , in honour of the beauty of his wife Cleopatra . Commentators say it was written the day after his wedding - night . When his spouse was retired to the bathing - room in the heat of the day , he , it seems , came ...
... epigram of Mar- tial , in honour of the beauty of his wife Cleopatra . Commentators say it was written the day after his wedding - night . When his spouse was retired to the bathing - room in the heat of the day , he , it seems , came ...
Page 377
This epigram I have opened more than any one of the former : the thought towards the latter end seem- ed closer couched , so as to require an explication . I fancied the poet aimed at the picture which is ge- nerally made of Apollo and ...
This epigram I have opened more than any one of the former : the thought towards the latter end seem- ed closer couched , so as to require an explication . I fancied the poet aimed at the picture which is ge- nerally made of Apollo and ...
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