The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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Page 60
... shall naturally make in them , and to judge by their own reafon and their own judgments , and that reafon and judgment " are calm and ferene , not formed by nature " to make profelytes , and to controul and " lord it over the ...
... shall naturally make in them , and to judge by their own reafon and their own judgments , and that reafon and judgment " are calm and ferene , not formed by nature " to make profelytes , and to controul and " lord it over the ...
Page 74
... shall pass with his mistress through the " southern gate , where her brother Marcus is upon the guard , and where the would cer- " tainly prove an impediment to him , which " is the Roman word for the baggage ; instead " of doing this ...
... shall pass with his mistress through the " southern gate , where her brother Marcus is upon the guard , and where the would cer- " tainly prove an impediment to him , which " is the Roman word for the baggage ; instead " of doing this ...
Page 84
... shall make less impression on the mind . Before the profound obfervers of the present race repose too fecurely on the consciousness of their fuperiority to Addifon , let them con- fider his Remarks on Ovid , in which may be found ...
... shall make less impression on the mind . Before the profound obfervers of the present race repose too fecurely on the consciousness of their fuperiority to Addifon , let them con- fider his Remarks on Ovid , in which may be found ...
Page 97
... shall name is Mr. Johnson , a ' gentleman that owes to Nature excellent " faculties and an elevated genius , and to in- dustry and application many acquired ac- complishments . His tafte is diftinguish- " ing , juft and delicate ; his ...
... shall name is Mr. Johnson , a ' gentleman that owes to Nature excellent " faculties and an elevated genius , and to in- dustry and application many acquired ac- complishments . His tafte is diftinguish- " ing , juft and delicate ; his ...
Page 143
... shall exclude a bright opportunity of fhining , or touch- " ing the paffions . Where the breach is of little moment , or can " be contrived to be as it were imperceptible in the reprefenta- " tion , a gentle difpenfation might be ...
... shall exclude a bright opportunity of fhining , or touch- " ing the paffions . Where the breach is of little moment , or can " be contrived to be as it were imperceptible in the reprefenta- " tion , a gentle difpenfation might be ...
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