The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and CriticalJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... Beauty produced by moral sentiment .. 83. Observations on the Odyssey con- cluded ... 84. Folly of false Pretences to Im- A Journey in a Stage portance . Coach 85. Study , Composition , and Converse equally necessary to intellectual ...
... Beauty produced by moral sentiment .. 83. Observations on the Odyssey con- cluded ... 84. Folly of false Pretences to Im- A Journey in a Stage portance . Coach 85. Study , Composition , and Converse equally necessary to intellectual ...
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... has sometimes preserved rapacity from ab- horrence , as beauty has been thought to apologize for prostitution ; but the injustice of cowardice is uni- versally abhorred , and like the lewdness of deformity has N ° 46 . 23 ADVENTURER .
... has sometimes preserved rapacity from ab- horrence , as beauty has been thought to apologize for prostitution ; but the injustice of cowardice is uni- versally abhorred , and like the lewdness of deformity has N ° 46 . 23 ADVENTURER .
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... beauty . 6 Though the maxims of the Duke de la Roche- foucault , another fashionable philosopher , are writ- ten with expressive elegance , and with nervous brevity ; yet I must be pardoned for affirming , that he who labours to lessen ...
... beauty . 6 Though the maxims of the Duke de la Roche- foucault , another fashionable philosopher , are writ- ten with expressive elegance , and with nervous brevity ; yet I must be pardoned for affirming , that he who labours to lessen ...
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... beauty or blemish be minutely pointed out in its different degree and kind , but also that the reason and foundation of excellencies and faults be accurately ascertained . Bossu is usually and justly placed at the head of the ...
... beauty or blemish be minutely pointed out in its different degree and kind , but also that the reason and foundation of excellencies and faults be accurately ascertained . Bossu is usually and justly placed at the head of the ...
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... beauty to his work . Brumoy has displayed the excellencies of the Greek Tragedy in a judicious and comprehensive manner . His translations are faithful and elegant ; and the analysis of those plays , which , on account of some ...
... beauty to his work . Brumoy has displayed the excellencies of the Greek Tragedy in a judicious and comprehensive manner . His translations are faithful and elegant ; and the analysis of those plays , which , on account of some ...
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absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Æneid Agrestis Amana Amelia Amphinomus Anticlea appear Aristotle bagnio Bagshot beauty behold believe Boileau Caliph Captain character conceal conduct consider contempt countenance death desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches evil excellence expected eyes falsehood father favour felicity folly fortune genius gentleman gratify guilt hand happiness heart Homer honour hope human Iliad imagination immediately indignation indulge kind labour Lady Forrest less Longinus looked mankind Mantua marriage ment mind misery morning nature ness never Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin OVID passion perceived perhaps person Pindar pleasure poet present principles produced Prosopopoeia punish Quintilian racters reason received ridiculous SATURDAY says scarce sensibility sentiments servant shew Sir James Socrates soon Sophocles suffered tain tears tenderness thou thought Tibullus tion truth TUESDAY Ulysses vanity Ventosus vice VIRG virtue wife wish wretched writers XXIV
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