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... tion , ) I was thankful to the 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 ...
... tion , ) I was thankful to the 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 ...
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... tion must now be regarded as a point which it is impossible to ascertain . Having made this statement to weigh what it can in the estimation of Milton's enemies , and acknow- ledged my own hasty and inaccurate conclu- sion from premises ...
... tion must now be regarded as a point which it is impossible to ascertain . Having made this statement to weigh what it can in the estimation of Milton's enemies , and acknow- ledged my own hasty and inaccurate conclu- sion from premises ...
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... tion , I was fearful that it might be found , on a revision , not only faulty in the substance and the mode , but deficient also in the just measure of its information . Its demand however for correction has proved to be less than I had ...
... tion , I was fearful that it might be found , on a revision , not only faulty in the substance and the mode , but deficient also in the just measure of its information . Its demand however for correction has proved to be less than I had ...
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... tion , they are indistinct , or , from wrong per- ception , broken and disordered , the style sug- gests the sense of incongruity , disproportion , and deformity , and we justly brand it as turgid , bombastic , and not calculated to ...
... tion , they are indistinct , or , from wrong per- ception , broken and disordered , the style sug- gests the sense of incongruity , disproportion , and deformity , and we justly brand it as turgid , bombastic , and not calculated to ...
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... , not ascertainable by any fixed standard of principle , but left for discrimina- tion to the loose and floating sentiment of taste . In this nicer graduation of styles , if PREFACE . 11 the first duty of language, that of communi- ...
... , not ascertainable by any fixed standard of principle , but left for discrimina- tion to the loose and floating sentiment of taste . In this nicer graduation of styles , if PREFACE . 11 the first duty of language, that of communi- ...
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