The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 31W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1771 - English literature |
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... piece is fuppofed to have been written by Sir David Dalrymple , The third article is entitled , Confiderations on Patronages , addreffed to the Gentlemen of Scotland , by Dr. Francis Hut- chefon , 1735. This is followed by the ...
... piece is fuppofed to have been written by Sir David Dalrymple , The third article is entitled , Confiderations on Patronages , addreffed to the Gentlemen of Scotland , by Dr. Francis Hut- chefon , 1735. This is followed by the ...
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... pieces of eloquence to boast of , but their funeral orations ; and the parliamentary debates of the English , though replete with deep fenfe and acute reafoning , have neither that vehe mence of oratory , nor that elegance of diction ...
... pieces of eloquence to boast of , but their funeral orations ; and the parliamentary debates of the English , though replete with deep fenfe and acute reafoning , have neither that vehe mence of oratory , nor that elegance of diction ...
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... pieces of poetry , which are not deftitute of merit . To this work are added explanatory notes by the translator , which at once do honour to his fagacity and extensive skill in Oriental literature ; while his Effay on the Poetry of the ...
... pieces of poetry , which are not deftitute of merit . To this work are added explanatory notes by the translator , which at once do honour to his fagacity and extensive skill in Oriental literature ; while his Effay on the Poetry of the ...
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... piece is no unanimated tranflation of the Tancrede of monfieur de Voltaire , who is faid to have finished the original in the space of a fortnight . We are not always apt to give credit to the degree of hafte with which many works of ...
... piece is no unanimated tranflation of the Tancrede of monfieur de Voltaire , who is faid to have finished the original in the space of a fortnight . We are not always apt to give credit to the degree of hafte with which many works of ...
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... piece itself , than by any fuch remarks on trivial imperfections as we can make , or fuch com- pliments on particular paffages as we feel ourfelves impatient to beflow . Our author , ftating the Ariftotelian fyftem of the world's eter ...
... piece itself , than by any fuch remarks on trivial imperfections as we can make , or fuch com- pliments on particular paffages as we feel ourfelves impatient to beflow . Our author , ftating the Ariftotelian fyftem of the world's eter ...
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Page 193 - Junius burst into notice with a blaze of impudence which has rarely glared upon the world before, and drew the rabble after him as a monster makes a show. When he had once provided for his safety by impenetrable secrecy, he had nothing to combat but truth and justice, enemies whom he knows to be feeble in the dark. Being then at liberty to indulge himself in all the immunities of invisibility; out of the reach of...
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Page 325 - If not engaged in war, they indulged themfelves in fummer in the moft delicious of all pleafures to men in a cold climate and a romantic country, the enjoyment of the fun, and of the...
Page 201 - This idea of the perfect state of nature, which the Artist calls ' the Ideal Beauty, is the great leading principle by which works of genius are conducted.
Page 386 - Partake, he said, my simple store, Dried fruits, and milk, and curds; And spreading all upon the board, Invites with kindly words. \ Thanks, father, for thy bounteous fare ; The youthful couple say : Then freely ate, and made good cheer, And talk'd their cares away.
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