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Page 172
... strokes of his art : many of them pass at pre- fent unobserved : and that his cotemporaries were equally blind to this beauty , he him- felf complains , though with a seeming irony , Cum lamentamur non APPARERE labores Noftros , et ...
... strokes of his art : many of them pass at pre- fent unobserved : and that his cotemporaries were equally blind to this beauty , he him- felf complains , though with a seeming irony , Cum lamentamur non APPARERE labores Noftros , et ...
Page 179
... strokes of his own eloquence . Inftead of pointing out the foundation of the grandeur of Homer's imagery , where he describes the motion of Neptune , the critic is endeavour . ing to rival the poet , by saying that , " there " was not ...
... strokes of his own eloquence . Inftead of pointing out the foundation of the grandeur of Homer's imagery , where he describes the motion of Neptune , the critic is endeavour . ing to rival the poet , by saying that , " there " was not ...
Page 207
... stroke of wit , by an enigma . " The author im- mediately corrected the line ; but I beg leave to add , that he did not correct many others of the fame modern kind . " Vol- taire has dropt a remark in the last edition of his Effay on ...
... stroke of wit , by an enigma . " The author im- mediately corrected the line ; but I beg leave to add , that he did not correct many others of the fame modern kind . " Vol- taire has dropt a remark in the last edition of his Effay on ...
Page 219
... strokes highly comic . It is wonderful the ecclefi- aftics of France were not as much irritated by the publication of the LUTRIN as by the TARTUFFE of Moliere ; which was fup- preffed by their intereft , after it had been acted a few ...
... strokes highly comic . It is wonderful the ecclefi- aftics of France were not as much irritated by the publication of the LUTRIN as by the TARTUFFE of Moliere ; which was fup- preffed by their intereft , after it had been acted a few ...
Page 269
... stroke of nature is , in my opinion , worth a hundred such thoughts , as , When vice prevails , and impious men bear sway , The post of honour is a private station . " CATO is a fine dialogue on liberty , and the love of one's country ...
... stroke of nature is , in my opinion , worth a hundred such thoughts , as , When vice prevails , and impious men bear sway , The post of honour is a private station . " CATO is a fine dialogue on liberty , and the love of one's country ...
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