The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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Page 26
... genius of the author amidst all his simplicity , it is just the same kind of fiction which one of the greatest of the Latin poets has made use of upon a parallel occasion ; I mean that pas- sage in Horace , where he describes himself ...
... genius of the author amidst all his simplicity , it is just the same kind of fiction which one of the greatest of the Latin poets has made use of upon a parallel occasion ; I mean that pas- sage in Horace , where he describes himself ...
Page 27
... genius , can divest themselves of the little images of ridicule , and admire , nature in her simplicity and nakedness . As for the little conceited wits of the age , who can only shew their judgment by finding fault , they cannot be ...
... genius , can divest themselves of the little images of ridicule , and admire , nature in her simplicity and nakedness . As for the little conceited wits of the age , who can only shew their judgment by finding fault , they cannot be ...
Page 99
... genius and learning , who have now any figure in the British nation . For my own part , I often flatter myself with the honour- able mention which will then be made of me ; and have drawn up a paragraph in my own imagination , that I ...
... genius and learning , who have now any figure in the British nation . For my own part , I often flatter myself with the honour- able mention which will then be made of me ; and have drawn up a paragraph in my own imagination , that I ...
Page 102
... genius , who will apply herself diligently to her exercise for the space of but one half - year , shall be able to give her fan all the graces that can possibly enter into that little modish machine . ' But to the end that my readers ...
... genius , who will apply herself diligently to her exercise for the space of but one half - year , shall be able to give her fan all the graces that can possibly enter into that little modish machine . ' But to the end that my readers ...
Page 129
... genius did not lie that way , his parents gave him up at length to his own inventions . But certainly , how- ever improper he might have been for studies of a higher nature , he was perfectly well turned for the occupations of trade and ...
... genius did not lie that way , his parents gave him up at length to his own inventions . But certainly , how- ever improper he might have been for studies of a higher nature , he was perfectly well turned for the occupations of trade and ...
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