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... tion led him into all the faults for which he has been so severely arraigned , Had he assumed the proud scorner's motto , " Nil admirari , " he would have abstained from many a trivial detail , and PREFATORY NOTICE . vii.
... tion led him into all the faults for which he has been so severely arraigned , Had he assumed the proud scorner's motto , " Nil admirari , " he would have abstained from many a trivial detail , and PREFATORY NOTICE . vii.
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... tion expressed by the company , he addressed himself to Mr. Dyer in particular , and said , ' Sir , I beg to have your judgement , for I know your nicety . ' Dyer then very pro- perly desired to read it over again ; which having done ...
... tion expressed by the company , he addressed himself to Mr. Dyer in particular , and said , ' Sir , I beg to have your judgement , for I know your nicety . ' Dyer then very pro- perly desired to read it over again ; which having done ...
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... tion , perception and temper , may sometimes be divided by strong partitions ; and that the light and shade in the same character may be kept so distinct as never to be blended . In the life of Milton , Johnson took occasion to maintain ...
... tion , perception and temper , may sometimes be divided by strong partitions ; and that the light and shade in the same character may be kept so distinct as never to be blended . In the life of Milton , Johnson took occasion to maintain ...
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... tion which shall exclude Pope will not easily be made , Let us look round upon the present time , and back upon the past ; let us enquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of poetry ; let their productions be examined ...
... tion which shall exclude Pope will not easily be made , Let us look round upon the present time , and back upon the past ; let us enquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of poetry ; let their productions be examined ...
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... tion of the fertility of Warburton's genius and of the va- riety of his materials , was , " The table is always full , sir . He brings things from the north , and the south , and from every quarter . In his Divine Legation you are ...
... tion of the fertility of Warburton's genius and of the va- riety of his materials , was , " The table is always full , sir . He brings things from the north , and the south , and from every quarter . In his Divine Legation you are ...
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