The Spectator, Svazek 2J. Tonson, 1801 |
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Strana 133
... acrostic , by which means some of the most arrant undisputed blockheads about the town began to entertain ambitious thoughts , and to set up for polite authors . I shall therefore describe at length those many arts of false wit , in ...
... acrostic , by which means some of the most arrant undisputed blockheads about the town began to entertain ambitious thoughts , and to set up for polite authors . I shall therefore describe at length those many arts of false wit , in ...
Strana 141
... ACROSTICS , & c . SEVERAL kinds of false wit that vanished in the re- fined ages of the world , discovered themselves again in the times of monkish ignorance . As the monks were the masters of all that little learn- ing which was then ...
... ACROSTICS , & c . SEVERAL kinds of false wit that vanished in the re- fined ages of the world , discovered themselves again in the times of monkish ignorance . As the monks were the masters of all that little learn- ing which was then ...
Strana 143
... acrostic was probably invented about the same time with the anagram , though it is impossible to de- cide whether the ... acrostics , which is commonly called a chronogram . This kind of wit appears very often on many modern medals ...
... acrostic was probably invented about the same time with the anagram , though it is impossible to de- cide whether the ... acrostics , which is commonly called a chronogram . This kind of wit appears very often on many modern medals ...
Strana 149
... acrostics handed about the town with great secrecy and applause ; to which I must also add a little epigram call- ed ... Acrostics and Whig Anagrams , and do not quarrel with either of them , because they are Whigs or Tories , but ...
... acrostics handed about the town with great secrecy and applause ; to which I must also add a little epigram call- ed ... Acrostics and Whig Anagrams , and do not quarrel with either of them , because they are Whigs or Tories , but ...
Strana 151
... this resemblance and congruity of ideas , false wit chiefly consists in the re- semblance and congruity sometimes of single letters , as K4 in in anagrams , chronograms , lipograms , and acrostics : NO . 62 . 151 THE SPECTATOR .
... this resemblance and congruity of ideas , false wit chiefly consists in the re- semblance and congruity sometimes of single letters , as K4 in in anagrams , chronograms , lipograms , and acrostics : NO . 62 . 151 THE SPECTATOR .
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Acrostics admiration agreeable anagram appear April 26 ARISTOTLE audience beauty behaviour body charms club conversation creatures delight desire discourse dress DRYDEN Earl DOUGLAS endeavour English entertainment EPIG EUCRATE eyes face fair sex false favour gentleman GEORGE ETHERIDGE give GLAPHYRA hand hear heart honour humble servant humour Idol kind King lady LAERTES laugh learned letter live look lover mankind manner master means mention MIMNERMUS mind mistress nature nerally never NEVIA night numbers observe occasion OVID paper particular passion person PHARAMOND Pict Platonic Love pleased pleasure poet PORUS present prince racters reader reason ROSCOMMON sense shew sion Sir ROGER soul speak SPECTATOR talk tell temper thing thou thought tion told town tragedy turn verse VIRG VIRGIL virtue whig whole woman women words writing young