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Page 21
... such a range of rocks , as would have dashed her into ten thousand pieces , had her body been made of adamant . It is much easier for my reader to ima- gine my state of mind upon such an occasion than THE TATLER . 21.
... such a range of rocks , as would have dashed her into ten thousand pieces , had her body been made of adamant . It is much easier for my reader to ima- gine my state of mind upon such an occasion than THE TATLER . 21.
Page 47
... reader will excuse me , if I for once indulge myself in both these inclinations . We see the attention , judgment , and vir- tue of a whole audience , in the foregoing instances . If we could imitate the behaviour of a single spectator ...
... reader will excuse me , if I for once indulge myself in both these inclinations . We see the attention , judgment , and vir- tue of a whole audience , in the foregoing instances . If we could imitate the behaviour of a single spectator ...
Page 91
... reader will not be surprised to hear the account , which I am about to give of a club of my own contemporaries among whom I pass two or three hours every evening . This I look upon as taking my first nap before I go to bed . The truth ...
... reader will not be surprised to hear the account , which I am about to give of a club of my own contemporaries among whom I pass two or three hours every evening . This I look upon as taking my first nap before I go to bed . The truth ...
Page 97
... readers to give rules and directions for proper silences , as for penning a whisper : but it is certain , that in the extremity of most passions , particularly surprize , admiration , astonishment , nay , rage itself , there is nothing ...
... readers to give rules and directions for proper silences , as for penning a whisper : but it is certain , that in the extremity of most passions , particularly surprize , admiration , astonishment , nay , rage itself , there is nothing ...
Page 98
... reader , that I have by me an elabo- rate treatise on the Aposiopesis , called an Et Cętera , it being a figure much ... readers , I have thought fit to insert the whole passage above- mentioned relating to Dido , as it is translated by ...
... reader , that I have by me an elabo- rate treatise on the Aposiopesis , called an Et Cętera , it being a figure much ... readers , I have thought fit to insert the whole passage above- mentioned relating to Dido , as it is translated by ...
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