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Page 121
... fatire to say , that the reasoning of them is fophiftical and inconclufive , the style diffuse and verbofe , and the learning feemingly contained in them not drawn from the originals , but picked up and pur- loined from French critics ...
... fatire to say , that the reasoning of them is fophiftical and inconclufive , the style diffuse and verbofe , and the learning feemingly contained in them not drawn from the originals , but picked up and pur- loined from French critics ...
Page 230
... fatire , which they have given the poet an oppor- tunity to display . The bufinefs and petty concerns of a fine lady , receive an air of importance from the notion of their being perpetually overlooked and conducted , by the ...
... fatire , which they have given the poet an oppor- tunity to display . The bufinefs and petty concerns of a fine lady , receive an air of importance from the notion of their being perpetually overlooked and conducted , by the ...
Page 250
... fatire ; for wit and fatire were perhaps the chief and characteristical of the many ftriking excel- - Cant . V. lencies lencies of Ariosto * . In this repofitory in the 250 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS and cathartics; with buckthorn, and steel- ...
... fatire ; for wit and fatire were perhaps the chief and characteristical of the many ftriking excel- - Cant . V. lencies lencies of Ariosto * . In this repofitory in the 250 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS and cathartics; with buckthorn, and steel- ...
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