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Page 17
... humour imaginable : the first he obliged Flavia to take , was by complaining to her that he had a wife and three children , and if she did not take that letter , which he was fure there was no harm in , but rather love , his family must ...
... humour imaginable : the first he obliged Flavia to take , was by complaining to her that he had a wife and three children , and if she did not take that letter , which he was fure there was no harm in , but rather love , his family must ...
Page 64
... humour , told us , that the last rainy night , he , with Sir ROGER DE COVERLEY , was driven into the Temple Cloifter , whither had escaped also a lady most exactly dreffed from head to foot . WILL made no fcruple to acquaint us , that ...
... humour , told us , that the last rainy night , he , with Sir ROGER DE COVERLEY , was driven into the Temple Cloifter , whither had escaped also a lady most exactly dreffed from head to foot . WILL made no fcruple to acquaint us , that ...
Page 103
... humour the imagi- nation in our own notions , by mending and per- fecting nature where he defcribes a reality , and by adding greater beauties than are put together in na- ture , where he defcribes a fiction . He is not obliged to ...
... humour the imagi- nation in our own notions , by mending and per- fecting nature where he defcribes a reality , and by adding greater beauties than are put together in na- ture , where he defcribes a fiction . He is not obliged to ...
Page 105
... humour thofe notions which we have imbibed in our infancy . For otherwise he will be apt to make his fairies talk like people of his own fpecies , and not like other fets of beings , who converse with dif- ferent objects , and think in ...
... humour thofe notions which we have imbibed in our infancy . For otherwise he will be apt to make his fairies talk like people of his own fpecies , and not like other fets of beings , who converse with dif- ferent objects , and think in ...
Page 127
... humour as they can ; for though a 6 country life is defcribed as the moft pleafant of all others , and though it may in truth be fo , yet it is fo only to those who know how to enjoy leisure and retirement . " · As for thofe who cannot ...
... humour as they can ; for though a 6 country life is defcribed as the moft pleafant of all others , and though it may in truth be fo , yet it is fo only to those who know how to enjoy leisure and retirement . " · As for thofe who cannot ...
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againſt agreeable appear arife beautiful becauſe befides buſineſs caft caufe confider confideration converfation defcribed defcription defign defire delight difcourfe diſcovered dreffed eyes faid fame fancy fatire fatisfaction fecond fecret feems feen felves fenfe feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fight filk fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foul fpeak fpeculations fpirits ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient fure give greateſt heart herſelf higheſt himſelf humble fervant humour ibid imagination inftances itſelf kind lady laft lefs loft manner mind modefty moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion ourſelves OVID paffed paffions paper perfons pleafing pleaſant pleaſed pleaſure poet prefent purpoſe raiſe reader reafon reflections reft rife Sempronia ſeveral ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion underſtanding uſe virtue whofe writing