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Page xxiii
... manner that air - vifions , in fummer clouds , are presented to a wanton one : " which fometimes fhew a lion , a caftle or a pro- montory ? The thought is fine , and in character . " overcome IS USED FOR Deceive . " Mr. W. 66 IN King ...
... manner that air - vifions , in fummer clouds , are presented to a wanton one : " which fometimes fhew a lion , a caftle or a pro- montory ? The thought is fine , and in character . " overcome IS USED FOR Deceive . " Mr. W. 66 IN King ...
Page xxxviii
... manner of " unreft . A kind of little kings we are , bearing " the diminutive of a mace , made like a young " artichock , that always carries pepper and falt in itself . " 66 Now , reader , I defire thou wouldst get thro ' the following ...
... manner of " unreft . A kind of little kings we are , bearing " the diminutive of a mace , made like a young " artichock , that always carries pepper and falt in itself . " 66 Now , reader , I defire thou wouldst get thro ' the following ...
Page xl
... manner as a Three - men Beetle , i . e . what requires three men to use it ; a Three - men fong , a fong to be fung by three men . But where ever I turn my eye , I fee fuch altera- tions and gloffes as never were matched before . The ...
... manner as a Three - men Beetle , i . e . what requires three men to use it ; a Three - men fong , a fong to be fung by three men . But where ever I turn my eye , I fee fuch altera- tions and gloffes as never were matched before . The ...
Page xlv
... manner always peculiar to themselves ; and not « only a manner , but a language : if he would com- pare one paffage with another ; for fuch authors " are the best interpreters of their own meaning : " and would reflect , not only what ...
... manner always peculiar to themselves ; and not « only a manner , but a language : if he would com- pare one paffage with another ; for fuch authors " are the best interpreters of their own meaning : " and would reflect , not only what ...
Page xlvi
... manners , in grammar and conftru- ❝ction ; the knowledge of these is presupposed ; " to be caught tripping here is an ominous " ftumble at the very threshold and entrance upon criticism ; ' tis ignorance , which no guefs - work , no ...
... manners , in grammar and conftru- ❝ction ; the knowledge of these is presupposed ; " to be caught tripping here is an ominous " ftumble at the very threshold and entrance upon criticism ; ' tis ignorance , which no guefs - work , no ...
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