The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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... thoughts rising out of every head , that do not offer themselves upon the general survey of a subject . His thoughts ... thought in a methodical dis- course shews itself in its greatest beauty , as the several figures in a piece of ...
... thoughts rising out of every head , that do not offer themselves upon the general survey of a subject . His thoughts ... thought in a methodical dis- course shews itself in its greatest beauty , as the several figures in a piece of ...
Page 187
... thought that I have endea- voured to express in the following hymn , which I have composed during this my sickness : " WHEN , rising from the bed of death , O'erwhelm'd with guilt and fear , I see my Maker , face to face , O how shall I ...
... thought that I have endea- voured to express in the following hymn , which I have composed during this my sickness : " WHEN , rising from the bed of death , O'erwhelm'd with guilt and fear , I see my Maker , face to face , O how shall I ...
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... thought is beautiful which is not just ; and no thought can be just which is not founded in truth , or at least in that which passes for such . In mock heroic poems the use of the heathen my- thology is not only excusable , but graceful ...
... thought is beautiful which is not just ; and no thought can be just which is not founded in truth , or at least in that which passes for such . In mock heroic poems the use of the heathen my- thology is not only excusable , but graceful ...
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