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Page 160
... less severe , may be answered , by a remarker somewhat inclined to cavil , by a contrary sup- position , that his judgement would probably have been less severe , if his imagination had been more fruitful . It is ridiculous to oppose ...
... less severe , may be answered , by a remarker somewhat inclined to cavil , by a contrary sup- position , that his judgement would probably have been less severe , if his imagination had been more fruitful . It is ridiculous to oppose ...
Page 323
... less emotion than the former ; but it is not less elegant in the diction . The conclusion is vicious ; the musick of Timotheus , which raised a mortal to the skies , had only a metaphorical power ; that of Cecilia , which drew an angel ...
... less emotion than the former ; but it is not less elegant in the diction . The conclusion is vicious ; the musick of Timotheus , which raised a mortal to the skies , had only a metaphorical power ; that of Cecilia , which drew an angel ...
Page 417
... less . Bigotry itself must be delighted with the Tory - Fox- hunter . There are however some strokes less elegant , and less decent ; such as the Pretender's Journal , in which one topick of ridicule is his poverty . This mode of abuse ...
... less . Bigotry itself must be delighted with the Tory - Fox- hunter . There are however some strokes less elegant , and less decent ; such as the Pretender's Journal , in which one topick of ridicule is his poverty . This mode of abuse ...
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