The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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... greatest glory of my work , if among reasonable women this paper may furnish tea - table talk . In order to it , I shall treat on matters which relate to females , as they are concerned to approach or fly from the other sex , or as they ...
... greatest glory of my work , if among reasonable women this paper may furnish tea - table talk . In order to it , I shall treat on matters which relate to females , as they are concerned to approach or fly from the other sex , or as they ...
Page 299
... greatest genius that is not broken and cultivated by the rules of art . Imitation is natural to us , and when it does not raise the mind to poetry , painting , music , or other more noble arts , it often breaks out in puns and quibbles ...
... greatest genius that is not broken and cultivated by the rules of art . Imitation is natural to us , and when it does not raise the mind to poetry , painting , music , or other more noble arts , it often breaks out in puns and quibbles ...
Page 300
... greatest authors , in their most serious works , made frequent use of puns . The sermons of Bishop Andrews , and the tragedies of Shakspeare , are full of them . The sinner was punned into repentance by the former , as in the latter ...
... greatest authors , in their most serious works , made frequent use of puns . The sermons of Bishop Andrews , and the tragedies of Shakspeare , are full of them . The sinner was punned into repentance by the former , as in the latter ...
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