The Critical Review: Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1796 - English literature |
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... learned a new leffon from our opponents , viz . " that it is a difgrace to be connected with administration ; " and evidently under this idea they have taken infinite pains to reprefent this affo- ciation as not connected with ...
... learned a new leffon from our opponents , viz . " that it is a difgrace to be connected with administration ; " and evidently under this idea they have taken infinite pains to reprefent this affo- ciation as not connected with ...
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... learned reader will readily defcry , -and various modes of expreffion , and forms of words , not congenial with the spirit of the lan- guage and the ufage of the most approved authors , will not clude his fearch . We shall now quote the ...
... learned reader will readily defcry , -and various modes of expreffion , and forms of words , not congenial with the spirit of the lan- guage and the ufage of the most approved authors , will not clude his fearch . We shall now quote the ...
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... learned adoption of a phrafe from Pindar , which is tranf planted with complete felicity , and does its duty in its new itation with cheerfulness and vigour . za- The double genitive at the conclufion of the fifteenth flan- • Πατρης τις ...
... learned adoption of a phrafe from Pindar , which is tranf planted with complete felicity , and does its duty in its new itation with cheerfulness and vigour . za- The double genitive at the conclufion of the fifteenth flan- • Πατρης τις ...
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... learned reader in the gorgeous habiliments of Greek hexameters . The rare union of tafte and learning in na no moderate proportions are effential to a fortunate execution of 26 Tew's Greek Tranflation of Gray's Elegy .
... learned reader in the gorgeous habiliments of Greek hexameters . The rare union of tafte and learning in na no moderate proportions are effential to a fortunate execution of 26 Tew's Greek Tranflation of Gray's Elegy .
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... learned , from his competition in a field already occupied by a host of rivals . Our tranflator , in his preface , with a becoming confidence , puts in his claim to the privilege of contending for the prize , on the terms of harmony and ...
... learned , from his competition in a field already occupied by a host of rivals . Our tranflator , in his preface , with a becoming confidence , puts in his claim to the privilege of contending for the prize , on the terms of harmony and ...
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