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Page 80
... said , that the raptures these translations gave him were fo ftrong , that he spoke of them with pleasure to the period of his life . About ten , being now at school at Hyde- park - corner , whether he went from a po- pifh feminary to ...
... said , that the raptures these translations gave him were fo ftrong , that he spoke of them with pleasure to the period of his life . About ten , being now at school at Hyde- park - corner , whether he went from a po- pifh feminary to ...
Page 97
... said of another , who deferved not fuch a panegy- ric so justly 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 with ...
... said of another , who deferved not fuch a panegy- ric so justly 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 with ...
Page 113
... said indeed to have written one ode ; but neither Boffu nor Hurd are poets . The penetrating author of the Reflections on Poetry , Painting , and Mufic , will for ever be read with de- light , and with profit , by all ingenious artists ...
... said indeed to have written one ode ; but neither Boffu nor Hurd are poets . The penetrating author of the Reflections on Poetry , Painting , and Mufic , will for ever be read with de- light , and with profit , by all ingenious artists ...
Page 121
... said , will shootin the dark ; will be liable to perpetual blunders ; will explain , and praife , 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 shootin the dark ; will be liable to perpetual blunders ; will explain , and praife , 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 168
... said before ; en verite vous parlez cent fois mieux qu ' un PREDICATEUR . " It is but justice to add , that the fourteen fucceeding verfes in the poem before us , con- taining the character of a TRUE CRITIC , are fuperior to any thing ...
... said before ; en verite vous parlez cent fois mieux qu ' un PREDICATEUR . " It is but justice to add , that the fourteen fucceeding verfes in the poem before us , con- taining the character of a TRUE CRITIC , are fuperior to any thing ...
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