Criticisms on the Rolliad. Part the First, Página 1J. Ridgway, 1791 - 164 páginas |
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... it lofes in fubli- mity . Thus difguifed , our adventurer ar- rives at the Country - houfe of Dame SHIP- TON , a lady of exquifite beauty , and first Concubine Concubine to the Ufurper HAROLD . Her likeness ( as [ 32 ]
... it lofes in fubli- mity . Thus difguifed , our adventurer ar- rives at the Country - houfe of Dame SHIP- TON , a lady of exquifite beauty , and first Concubine Concubine to the Ufurper HAROLD . Her likeness ( as [ 32 ]
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... beauty , stick within her breast , Nor do her cares afford her any reft . Here we think that Virgil's " hærent infixi pectore vultus verbaque , " is ill trans- lated by the profaic word flick . We must confefs , however , that from the ...
... beauty , stick within her breast , Nor do her cares afford her any reft . Here we think that Virgil's " hærent infixi pectore vultus verbaque , " is ill trans- lated by the profaic word flick . We must confefs , however , that from the ...
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... beauty of the historical allufion to Prince Prettyman , need not be pointed out to our readers ; and the presage that the fame of this Royal perfonage shall be loft and abforbed in the rifing reputation of the ingenious divine , is ...
... beauty of the historical allufion to Prince Prettyman , need not be pointed out to our readers ; and the presage that the fame of this Royal perfonage shall be loft and abforbed in the rifing reputation of the ingenious divine , is ...
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... beauty , for it fares with ideas , as with individuals ; we are the more interested in their fate , the better we are acquainted with them . But how inferior is Addison in this refpect to our author ? Gimlets they are , & c . There is ...
... beauty , for it fares with ideas , as with individuals ; we are the more interested in their fate , the better we are acquainted with them . But how inferior is Addison in this refpect to our author ? Gimlets they are , & c . There is ...
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... beauty of these lines will be instantly perceived by all who have witnessed the debates ; as they cannot but have remark- ed , how perpetually " the late hour of night " occupies the exordiums of Mr. DUNDAS , after eleven o'clock ; and ...
... beauty of these lines will be instantly perceived by all who have witnessed the debates ; as they cannot but have remark- ed , how perpetually " the late hour of night " occupies the exordiums of Mr. DUNDAS , after eleven o'clock ; and ...
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