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... these my " Commentaries , and others of my works . No " more - be faithful and impartial . ” He foon after performed his promife , and left me the Commentaries , giving me alfo further lights by many Conferences ; when he was ...
... these my " Commentaries , and others of my works . No " more - be faithful and impartial . ” He foon after performed his promife , and left me the Commentaries , giving me alfo further lights by many Conferences ; when he was ...
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... these figns , which betokened the variety of his Eloquence , and the extent of his Learning ; but he was more particularly pleased with the laft , as it nearly refem- bled what happened at the birth of Homer CHA P. II . The Speech of ...
... these figns , which betokened the variety of his Eloquence , and the extent of his Learning ; but he was more particularly pleased with the laft , as it nearly refem- bled what happened at the birth of Homer CHA P. II . The Speech of ...
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... these words , he flowly lifted up the Mantle , which covered it , inch by inch ; but at every inch he uncovered , his cheeks grew paler , his hand trembled , his nerves failed , till on fight of the whole , the Tremor became univerfal ...
... these words , he flowly lifted up the Mantle , which covered it , inch by inch ; but at every inch he uncovered , his cheeks grew paler , his hand trembled , his nerves failed , till on fight of the whole , the Tremor became univerfal ...
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... these Improvements , a ftop was put to his learning the Alphabet , nor would he let him proceed to Letter D , till he could truly and diftinctly pronounce C in the ancient manner , at which the Child unhappily boggled for near three ...
... these Improvements , a ftop was put to his learning the Alphabet , nor would he let him proceed to Letter D , till he could truly and diftinctly pronounce C in the ancient manner , at which the Child unhappily boggled for near three ...
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... these days are not at " all the fafer for the modern Rattles ; which is " an evident proof how far their Crepitacula ex- " ceeded ours . " " I would not have Martin as yet to fcourge a Top , till I am better informed whether the Tro ...
... these days are not at " all the fafer for the modern Rattles ; which is " an evident proof how far their Crepitacula ex- " ceeded ours . " " I would not have Martin as yet to fcourge a Top , till I am better informed whether the Tro ...
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Página 282 - Homer was the greater genius ; Virgil, the better artist. In one we most admire the man ; in the other, the work. Homer hurries and transports us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty...
Página 307 - ... between penetration and felicity, he hits upon that particular point on which the bent of each argument turns, or the force of each motive depends.
Página 202 - Jerusalem with iniquity: the heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, "Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.
Página 316 - Spenser, whom he will not allow to be great enough to be ranked with him; and challenges the names of Sophocles, Euripides, and...
Página 164 - To make an Episode. Take any remaining adventure of your former collection in which you could no way involve your hero, or any unfortunate accident that was too good to be thrown away, and it will be of use applied to any other person, who may be lost and evaporate in the course of the work without the least damage to the composition.
Página 309 - The audience was generally composed of the meaner sort of people; and therefore the images of life were to be drawn from those of their own rank. Accordingly we find that not our author's only but almost all the old comedies have their scene among tradesmen and mechanics; and even their historical plays strictly follow the common old stories or vulgar traditions of that kind of people.
Página 306 - ... him. His characters are so much nature herself, that it is a sort of injury to call them by so distant a name as copies of her. Those of other poets have a constant resemblance, which...
Página 273 - ... and after all the various changes of times and religions, his gods continue to this day the gods of poetry.
Página 288 - OdyfTes above the yEneis : as that the. hero is a wifer man ; and the action of the one more beneficial to his country than that of the other : or...
Página 241 - Locke takes notice of a mother who permitted them to her children, but rewarded or punished them as they treated them well or ill. This was no other than entering them betimes into a daily...