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Page 31
... occasion of his adversaries calling him pedagogue and schoolmaster ; whereas it is well known he never set up for a public school , to teach all the young fry of a parish ; but only was willing to impart his learning and know- ledge to ...
... occasion of his adversaries calling him pedagogue and schoolmaster ; whereas it is well known he never set up for a public school , to teach all the young fry of a parish ; but only was willing to impart his learning and know- ledge to ...
Page 46
... occasions . They deserve not any particular criticism ; for of the best it can only be said , that they are not bad ; and perhaps only the eighth and the twenty- first are truly entitled to this slender commen- dation . The fabric of a ...
... occasions . They deserve not any particular criticism ; for of the best it can only be said , that they are not bad ; and perhaps only the eighth and the twenty- first are truly entitled to this slender commen- dation . The fabric of a ...
Page 49
... occasions calls learning to • Algarotti terms it gigantesca sublimita Miltoni- una.-Dr. J. his mind the vale of Enna ... occasion re- quired . Thus , comparing the shield of Satan to the orb of the moon , he crowds the imagination with ...
... occasions calls learning to • Algarotti terms it gigantesca sublimita Miltoni- una.-Dr. J. his mind the vale of Enna ... occasion re- quired . Thus , comparing the shield of Satan to the orb of the moon , he crowds the imagination with ...
Page 50
... occasion ; sublimity is the general and prevailing quality of this poem ; sublimity variously modified , sometimes de- scriptive , sometimes argumentative . But these truths are too important to be new ; they have been taught to our ...
... occasion ; sublimity is the general and prevailing quality of this poem ; sublimity variously modified , sometimes de- scriptive , sometimes argumentative . But these truths are too important to be new ; they have been taught to our ...
Page 56
... occasion , like his attack upon the " bear and fiddle , " to expose the ridiculous ri- gour of the sectaries ; like his encounter with Sidrophel and Whachum , to make superstition and credulity contemptible ; or , like his recourse to ...
... occasion , like his attack upon the " bear and fiddle , " to expose the ridiculous ri- gour of the sectaries ; like his encounter with Sidrophel and Whachum , to make superstition and credulity contemptible ; or , like his recourse to ...
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