Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, Volume 2Suttaby, 1814 - English literature |
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Page 62
... wonderful genius ; and that he has been generally so esteemed , there cannot be a greater testimony given , than what has been by some observed , that not only the greatest masters have found in his works the best and truest principles ...
... wonderful genius ; and that he has been generally so esteemed , there cannot be a greater testimony given , than what has been by some observed , that not only the greatest masters have found in his works the best and truest principles ...
Page 74
... wonderful effects , to admire and magnify the wisdom , power , and goodness of their author , Such a knowledge as this , which is suited to our present condition , we want not faculties to attain . But it appears not , that God intended ...
... wonderful effects , to admire and magnify the wisdom , power , and goodness of their author , Such a knowledge as this , which is suited to our present condition , we want not faculties to attain . But it appears not , that God intended ...
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... wonderfully delighted , " he observes , " with fables , allegories , and the like inventions , which the politest and the best instructors of mankind 66 have always made use of . They take off from On the Fable, Imagery, and Alle- gory ...
... wonderfully delighted , " he observes , " with fables , allegories , and the like inventions , which the politest and the best instructors of mankind 66 have always made use of . They take off from On the Fable, Imagery, and Alle- gory ...
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... wonderful , the wild , characterize , indeed , the major part of oriental fabling ; but it is a mistake to suppose that these Tatler , No. 90.- romantic incidents are delivered in bombastic and highly inflated language 220 ON THE FABLE ...
... wonderful , the wild , characterize , indeed , the major part of oriental fabling ; but it is a mistake to suppose that these Tatler , No. 90.- romantic incidents are delivered in bombastic and highly inflated language 220 ON THE FABLE ...
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... wonderful in- cidents , copiously mingled with the superstitions and preternatural machinery of the East , faith- These have been lately very elegantly translated from the French version , by the Rev. Edward Forster : a very acceptable ...
... wonderful in- cidents , copiously mingled with the superstitions and preternatural machinery of the East , faith- These have been lately very elegantly translated from the French version , by the Rev. Edward Forster : a very acceptable ...
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