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... his lines and vary his pauses . " It isdangerous to hazard conclusions with regard to the opinions of others , upon matters of which our own senses have but imperfectly informed us . Johnson , by his own confession , had 6 35.
... his lines and vary his pauses . " It isdangerous to hazard conclusions with regard to the opinions of others , upon matters of which our own senses have but imperfectly informed us . Johnson , by his own confession , had 6 35.
Page 36
... sense of his ments as a poet , were nevertheless equally agreed , hat See particularly the life of Dryden , where he praises at ex- cellent versifier for knowing how to vary his pauses an adjust his accents ; " and observes , that as ...
... sense of his ments as a poet , were nevertheless equally agreed , hat See particularly the life of Dryden , where he praises at ex- cellent versifier for knowing how to vary his pauses an adjust his accents ; " and observes , that as ...
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... from every reader of common sense . The truth is , that Mr. Colman the Younger , as he calls himself , has been prodigious- ly overrated in his time , partly , perhaps , from his real superiority to the Dibdins and Reynoldses as a 46.
... from every reader of common sense . The truth is , that Mr. Colman the Younger , as he calls himself , has been prodigious- ly overrated in his time , partly , perhaps , from his real superiority to the Dibdins and Reynoldses as a 46.
Page 50
... sense . His main talent , both in character and description , lies in strong and homely pieces of detail , which he brings before you as clearly and to the life as in a camera obscura , and in which he has been improperly compared to ...
... sense . His main talent , both in character and description , lies in strong and homely pieces of detail , which he brings before you as clearly and to the life as in a camera obscura , and in which he has been improperly compared to ...
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... sense and taste , who happen not to be scholars , have found Horace a dull fellow and Ariosto a dotard . The best translation , upon the whole , that has been produced in our language , both for closeness to the sense and sympathy with ...
... sense and taste , who happen not to be scholars , have found Horace a dull fellow and Ariosto a dotard . The best translation , upon the whole , that has been produced in our language , both for closeness to the sense and sympathy with ...
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