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... question , which referred to that writer's censure of the " Da- mon , " one of the public critics remarked , " Here , however , we must impeach the bio- a grapher of mistake or lapse of memory in quoting PREFACE. ...
... question , which referred to that writer's censure of the " Da- mon , " one of the public critics remarked , " Here , however , we must impeach the bio- a grapher of mistake or lapse of memory in quoting PREFACE. ...
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... critic for his re- mark ; and the error has , in consequence , been blotted from my page . On that place , where I appeal to the academical registers for the proof of Milton's not having lost a term before he took his bachelor's degree ...
... critic for his re- mark ; and the error has , in consequence , been blotted from my page . On that place , where I appeal to the academical registers for the proof of Milton's not having lost a term before he took his bachelor's degree ...
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... been censured , and by an- other my verse . This critic discovers that my translations are superfluous , and that pro- i nounces my numbers to be defective ; while a third PREFACE . 9 pages I am subjected to more censure and ...
... been censured , and by an- other my verse . This critic discovers that my translations are superfluous , and that pro- i nounces my numbers to be defective ; while a third PREFACE . 9 pages I am subjected to more censure and ...
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... critic may explain the causes of the error , the illiterate will feel and will recoil from it with disgust : all that is not thus incongruous and disproportioned , undefined and confused in the ideas and the diction is true ; and the ...
... critic may explain the causes of the error , the illiterate will feel and will recoil from it with disgust : all that is not thus incongruous and disproportioned , undefined and confused in the ideas and the diction is true ; and the ...
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... critic , and thus to pass sentence on the merits , if not on the destinies of authors . The pen on these occasions is frequently , as I know , in the hand of ability and learning : but it is also , as I am likewise certain , not infre ...
... critic , and thus to pass sentence on the merits , if not on the destinies of authors . The pen on these occasions is frequently , as I know , in the hand of ability and learning : but it is also , as I am likewise certain , not infre ...
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