The Critical Review: Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1807 - English literature |
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... writer who ransacks every corner of his imagination , for hidden images of pain , grief , and despondency . " Accordingly , fictitious sorrows are not so delightful to the sensible people of this country as they formerly were , and ...
... writer who ransacks every corner of his imagination , for hidden images of pain , grief , and despondency . " Accordingly , fictitious sorrows are not so delightful to the sensible people of this country as they formerly were , and ...
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... writers imitate the ancients let them do so with their eyes open . We cannot meet with any passage in this tragedy deserving quotation on the score of excellence . The language is uniformly stiff and formal , and occasionally very ...
... writers imitate the ancients let them do so with their eyes open . We cannot meet with any passage in this tragedy deserving quotation on the score of excellence . The language is uniformly stiff and formal , and occasionally very ...
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... writer is more likely to know the proper limits within which he may expa- tiate than a translator ; lastly , that though it is easy enough to attain the appearance of originality and ease by entirely new - casting a sentence , and as it ...
... writer is more likely to know the proper limits within which he may expa- tiate than a translator ; lastly , that though it is easy enough to attain the appearance of originality and ease by entirely new - casting a sentence , and as it ...
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... writer of antiquity who preaches up the virtues of justice ; integrity , and moderation , and inveighs with more warmth against the opposite vices of avarice , luxury , and peculation . At this Le Clerc is justly indignant , and ...
... writer of antiquity who preaches up the virtues of justice ; integrity , and moderation , and inveighs with more warmth against the opposite vices of avarice , luxury , and peculation . At this Le Clerc is justly indignant , and ...
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... writer , the obscurity appears to proceed from involved and intricate construction , and this from a rapid and ardent habit of composition , where the thoughts crowd so fast upon the writer's mind , that he cannot give them clear ...
... writer , the obscurity appears to proceed from involved and intricate construction , and this from a rapid and ardent habit of composition , where the thoughts crowd so fast upon the writer's mind , that he cannot give them clear ...
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