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... beauties and faults , and nearly in the same proportion . They are written with exuberance of wit , and with copiousness of learning ; and it is truly asserted by Sprat , that the pleni- tude of the writer's knowledge flows in upon his ...
... beauties and faults , and nearly in the same proportion . They are written with exuberance of wit , and with copiousness of learning ; and it is truly asserted by Sprat , that the pleni- tude of the writer's knowledge flows in upon his ...
Page 218
... beauties of his own . In his original poems , now and then a happy line may per- haps be found , and now and then a short composition may give pleasure . But there is in the whole little either of the grace of wit , or the vigour of ...
... beauties of his own . In his original poems , now and then a happy line may per- haps be found , and now and then a short composition may give pleasure . But there is in the whole little either of the grace of wit , or the vigour of ...
Page 379
... beauties . It would now be esteemed no honour , by a contributor to the monthly bundles of verses , to be told , that , in strains either familiar or solemn , he sings like Montague . པ PARNELL THE Life of Dr. PARNELL is a task HALIFAX 379.
... beauties . It would now be esteemed no honour , by a contributor to the monthly bundles of verses , to be told , that , in strains either familiar or solemn , he sings like Montague . པ PARNELL THE Life of Dr. PARNELL is a task HALIFAX 379.
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