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Page 46
... supposed , especially in my present situation , that I should object to a man on the mere ground of his being circumscribed in his movements ; but it is pretty well known , I believe , that it is not plain dealing which sent Mr. Colman ...
... supposed , especially in my present situation , that I should object to a man on the mere ground of his being circumscribed in his movements ; but it is pretty well known , I believe , that it is not plain dealing which sent Mr. Colman ...
Page 55
... supposed , with no good to his author , yet sometimes even with improve- ment , and the line has always something poetical in it , though its taste may not be the true one . In the third book , for instance , stanza 21st , where Tancred ...
... supposed , with no good to his author , yet sometimes even with improve- ment , and the line has always something poetical in it , though its taste may not be the true one . In the third book , for instance , stanza 21st , where Tancred ...
Page 62
... supposed that his critical observations are always destitute of acuteness , or even of beauty ; but the moment he attempts any thing of particular ease or pro- fundity , he only becomes slovenly in the one in- stance and poetically ...
... supposed that his critical observations are always destitute of acuteness , or even of beauty ; but the moment he attempts any thing of particular ease or pro- fundity , he only becomes slovenly in the one in- stance and poetically ...
Page 63
... supposed attachment to the Princess Anne , sent him to Tangiers , at the head of some troops , in a leaky vessel , which it was supposed must have pe- rished in the voyage . Though Mulgrave was ap- prized of the danger , he scorned to ...
... supposed attachment to the Princess Anne , sent him to Tangiers , at the head of some troops , in a leaky vessel , which it was supposed must have pe- rished in the voyage . Though Mulgrave was ap- prized of the danger , he scorned to ...
Page 112
... supposed to be idlest ; but the industry of a town life , and that of a due intermixture of town and country , are very different things . The for- mer is little better than an escape from bustle , with the hum of it still ringing about ...
... supposed to be idlest ; but the industry of a town life , and that of a due intermixture of town and country , are very different things . The for- mer is little better than an escape from bustle , with the hum of it still ringing about ...
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