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... readers . " This effect , says he , [ History of England , pag . 738. ] of which every one is conscious , is ufually ... reader of taste and judgment . Homer copied true natural man- ners , which , however rough and uncultivated , will ...
... readers . " This effect , says he , [ History of England , pag . 738. ] of which every one is conscious , is ufually ... reader of taste and judgment . Homer copied true natural man- ners , which , however rough and uncultivated , will ...
Page 407
... reader believe that they had engroffed and monopolized all the ge- nius , and all the honefty of the age , in which ... readers , efpecially of the younger fort , how very inferior and unlike it is to the ori- ginal , and how much ...
... reader believe that they had engroffed and monopolized all the ge- nius , and all the honefty of the age , in which ... readers , efpecially of the younger fort , how very inferior and unlike it is to the ori- ginal , and how much ...
Page 409
... reader , yet he does not disgust him with unexpected inequali- ties , and abfurd improprieties . Whatever poetical enthusiasm he actually poffeffed , he withheld and stifled . The perusal of him affects not our minds with fuch strong ...
... reader , yet he does not disgust him with unexpected inequali- ties , and abfurd improprieties . Whatever poetical enthusiasm he actually poffeffed , he withheld and stifled . The perusal of him affects not our minds with fuch strong ...
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