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Page 49
... seems was of opinion , that defcrip- tive poetry is a compofition as abfurd as a feaft made up of fauces : and I know many other persons that think meanly of it . I will not prefume to fay it is equal , either in E dignity dignity or ...
... seems was of opinion , that defcrip- tive poetry is a compofition as abfurd as a feaft made up of fauces : and I know many other persons that think meanly of it . I will not prefume to fay it is equal , either in E dignity dignity or ...
Page 67
... seem to arise above that correct mediocrity , which diftinguishes the lyric poetry of the French . In this ode of Voltaire , we find a profopopeia of Americus , and afterwards a fpeech of Newton , on the defign F2 and AND WRITINGS OF ...
... seem to arise above that correct mediocrity , which diftinguishes the lyric poetry of the French . In this ode of Voltaire , we find a profopopeia of Americus , and afterwards a fpeech of Newton , on the defign F2 and AND WRITINGS OF ...
Page 79
... seems he was difficult to be pleased , and would make the lad correct them again and again . When at laft he approved them , he took great pleasure in perufing them , and would fay , " these are good RHYMES . " These 1 1 These early ...
... seems he was difficult to be pleased , and would make the lad correct them again and again . When at laft he approved them , he took great pleasure in perufing them , and would fay , " these are good RHYMES . " These 1 1 These early ...
Page 118
... seem probable that the conftitution of the body does fometimes in- fluence the memory ; fince we fometimes find a difeafe quite strip the mind of all its ideas ; and the flames of a fever , in a few days , CALCINE all thofe images to ...
... seem probable that the conftitution of the body does fometimes in- fluence the memory ; fince we fometimes find a difeafe quite strip the mind of all its ideas ; and the flames of a fever , in a few days , CALCINE all thofe images to ...
Page 123
... seem to have held that diverfity , nay ↳ univerfality , of excellence , at which the mo- derns frequently aim , to be a gift unattain- able by man . We therefore of Great Britain have perhaps more reafon to congratulate ourselves , on ...
... seem to have held that diverfity , nay ↳ univerfality , of excellence , at which the mo- derns frequently aim , to be a gift unattain- able by man . We therefore of Great Britain have perhaps more reafon to congratulate ourselves , on ...
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