The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volumes 59-60W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1785 - English literature |
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... character . The diffident , in a modeft form , propofe their doubts and difficulties , in hopes of inftruction ; the vain and the confident to filence impertinent pretenders , by a display of their own amazing acquifitions . But thefe ...
... character . The diffident , in a modeft form , propofe their doubts and difficulties , in hopes of inftruction ; the vain and the confident to filence impertinent pretenders , by a display of their own amazing acquifitions . But thefe ...
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... character . The prefident has endeavoured to give the outline of a new system of fevers , which , as we have read with more than com mon attention , we shall endeavour briefly to analyse . Fevers are derived from cold , from miafma ...
... character . The prefident has endeavoured to give the outline of a new system of fevers , which , as we have read with more than com mon attention , we shall endeavour briefly to analyse . Fevers are derived from cold , from miafma ...
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... character of Menander , and fometimes poffibly from not entering thoroughly into the spirit of Ariftophanes , who abounds in parodies , and often design- edly blends the vulgar and fublime , to ftrengthen his ridicule . The author ...
... character of Menander , and fometimes poffibly from not entering thoroughly into the spirit of Ariftophanes , who abounds in parodies , and often design- edly blends the vulgar and fublime , to ftrengthen his ridicule . The author ...
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... character he had affumed . ' We fhould rather imagine that he alludes to Xanthias and his courfer ; which in the prefentation might have appeared un- ruly , and kicked against the door . The flave's ridiculous figure , contrafted with ...
... character he had affumed . ' We fhould rather imagine that he alludes to Xanthias and his courfer ; which in the prefentation might have appeared un- ruly , and kicked against the door . The flave's ridiculous figure , contrafted with ...
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... character with greater precifion . The plot and the fentiments . are really those of the Italian : the conduct of the play is not very different ; for in one place there is only a flight variation of a scene , and the two first acts of ...
... character with greater precifion . The plot and the fentiments . are really those of the Italian : the conduct of the play is not very different ; for in one place there is only a flight variation of a scene , and the two first acts of ...
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