Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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Page 118
... supposed that other Epic poems existed prior to this , and that Milton had read them , so does that of Homer . It is contrary to all the phænomena of the human mind , that so finished a work should have been the first essay of the kind ...
... supposed that other Epic poems existed prior to this , and that Milton had read them , so does that of Homer . It is contrary to all the phænomena of the human mind , that so finished a work should have been the first essay of the kind ...
Page 135
... supposed , and upon no slight foundation , that Milton gave Phillips , who was his nephew , much assistance on this occasion . The internal evidence arising from the book is certainly in favour of the idea , as many of the criticisms ...
... supposed , and upon no slight foundation , that Milton gave Phillips , who was his nephew , much assistance on this occasion . The internal evidence arising from the book is certainly in favour of the idea , as many of the criticisms ...
Page 185
... supposed town education . Steele himself has been guilty of some of these deviations from the original draught ; but Addison seems not at all to have regarded it , and to have painted after a concep- tion of his own , to which he has ...
... supposed town education . Steele himself has been guilty of some of these deviations from the original draught ; but Addison seems not at all to have regarded it , and to have painted after a concep- tion of his own , to which he has ...
Page 192
... supposed incontinence of the knight , who , it is said , " grew humble in his de- sires after he had forgot his cruel beauty , inso- much that it is reported he has frequently offended in point of chastity with beggars and gipsies ...
... supposed incontinence of the knight , who , it is said , " grew humble in his de- sires after he had forgot his cruel beauty , inso- much that it is reported he has frequently offended in point of chastity with beggars and gipsies ...
Page 193
... supposed witch ; N ° 122 , his conduct and speech at the assizes ; N ° 125 , his adventure when a school- boy ; N ° 126 , his Tory principles ; N ° 130 , his adventure with the gipsies ; N ° 131 , a pre- server of his game ; N ° 269 ...
... supposed witch ; N ° 122 , his conduct and speech at the assizes ; N ° 125 , his adventure when a school- boy ; N ° 126 , his Tory principles ; N ° 130 , his adventure with the gipsies ; N ° 131 , a pre- server of his game ; N ° 269 ...
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