The Spectator, Svazek 11793 |
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Strana xx
... never o'erfteps the modefty of nature , nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth . His figures neither divert by diftortion , nor amafe by aggra- vation . He copies life with fo much fidelity , that he can be hardly faid ...
... never o'erfteps the modefty of nature , nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth . His figures neither divert by diftortion , nor amafe by aggra- vation . He copies life with fo much fidelity , that he can be hardly faid ...
Strana xxi
... never rapid , and he never stagnates . His fentences have neither ftu- died amplitude , nor affected brevity : his periods , though not diligently rounded , are voluble and eafy . Whoever wishes to attain an English style , familiar ...
... never rapid , and he never stagnates . His fentences have neither ftu- died amplitude , nor affected brevity : his periods , though not diligently rounded , are voluble and eafy . Whoever wishes to attain an English style , familiar ...
Strana 3
... never open my lips but in my own club . Thus I live in the world rather as a fpectator of mankınd , than as one of the fpecies ; by which means I have made myfelf a fpeculative ftatefman , foldier , merchant , and artifan , without ever ...
... never open my lips but in my own club . Thus I live in the world rather as a fpectator of mankınd , than as one of the fpecies ; by which means I have made myfelf a fpeculative ftatefman , foldier , merchant , and artifan , without ever ...
Strana 6
... never dreffed afterwards . He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the fame cut that were in fashion at the time of his repulse , which , in his merry humours , he tells us has been in and out twelve times fince he firft wore it . It ...
... never dreffed afterwards . He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the fame cut that were in fashion at the time of his repulse , which , in his merry humours , he tells us has been in and out twelve times fince he firft wore it . It ...
Strana 8
... never heard him make a four expreffion , but frankly confefs that he left the world because he was not fit for it . A ftrict honefty , and an even regular behaviour , are in them - felves obftacles to him that muft prefs through crowds ...
... never heard him make a four expreffion , but frankly confefs that he left the world because he was not fit for it . A ftrict honefty , and an even regular behaviour , are in them - felves obftacles to him that muft prefs through crowds ...
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