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Page 97
... said of another , who deferved not fuch a panegy- ric fo juftly as our author : " HE INVADES AUTHORS LIKE A MONARCH , AND WHAT " WOULD BE THEFT IN OTHER POETS , IS ONLY VICTORY IN HIM * . For indeed he never works on the fame fubject ...
... said of another , who deferved not fuch a panegy- ric fo juftly as our author : " HE INVADES AUTHORS LIKE A MONARCH , AND WHAT " WOULD BE THEFT IN OTHER POETS , IS ONLY VICTORY IN HIM * . For indeed he never works on the fame fubject ...
Page 121
... said , will shoot in the dark ; will be liable to perpetual blunders ; will explain , and praise , and cenfure , merely by chance ; and though HE MAY POSSIBLY TO FOOLS APPEAR AS A WISE MAN , WILL CERTAINLY AMONG THE WISE EVER PASS FOR A ...
... said , will shoot in the dark ; will be liable to perpetual blunders ; will explain , and praise , and cenfure , merely by chance ; and though HE MAY POSSIBLY TO FOOLS APPEAR AS A WISE MAN , WILL CERTAINLY AMONG THE WISE EVER PASS FOR A ...
Page 145
... said the scholar , provided you omit the combat in the lifts . Let him have a care of that , faid Don Quixote interrupting him , that is the beft part of the plot . But Sir , quoth the Bachelor , if you would have me adhere to ...
... said the scholar , provided you omit the combat in the lifts . Let him have a care of that , faid Don Quixote interrupting him , that is the beft part of the plot . But Sir , quoth the Bachelor , if you would have me adhere to ...
Page 152
... his verfes have all the flow and freedom of converfation . This happy facility , said a man Fenton's Waller , edit . 12mo . OBSERVATIONS , p . 148 . Ver . 362 . of of wit , may be compared to garden - terraces 152 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... his verfes have all the flow and freedom of converfation . This happy facility , said a man Fenton's Waller , edit . 12mo . OBSERVATIONS , p . 148 . Ver . 362 . of of wit , may be compared to garden - terraces 152 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 159
... said to the author , " I am extremely pleased , Sir , with your Andro- maque , I am only amazed that it ends fo gaily ; J'avois d ' abord eu quelque envie de pleurer , mais la vue des petits chiens m ' a fait rire . " 32. Now they who ...
... said to the author , " I am extremely pleased , Sir , with your Andro- maque , I am only amazed that it ends fo gaily ; J'avois d ' abord eu quelque envie de pleurer , mais la vue des petits chiens m ' a fait rire . " 32. Now they who ...
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