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... Taste . It was in our own times that Gray writ the Ode which makes my present subject -it is entitled The Bard , and poffeffes much much of the ancient fire combined with modern taste . [ 216 ]
... Taste . It was in our own times that Gray writ the Ode which makes my present subject -it is entitled The Bard , and poffeffes much much of the ancient fire combined with modern taste . [ 216 ]
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... a counterpart in England , I should rather feek it in Rowe than Shakespeare . In fact they did not live in the fame ftate of fociety - France was advancing in refinement and taste when Corneille lived , but neither ... in [ 366 ]
... a counterpart in England , I should rather feek it in Rowe than Shakespeare . In fact they did not live in the fame ftate of fociety - France was advancing in refinement and taste when Corneille lived , but neither ... in [ 366 ]
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... Gothic fubjects as models for appro- bation or imitation ; we lose all the ad- vantages of acquired taste , and revert to the days of ignorance . Dugdale's Dugdale's Monafticon and his St. Paul's , are useful and [ 427 ]
... Gothic fubjects as models for appro- bation or imitation ; we lose all the ad- vantages of acquired taste , and revert to the days of ignorance . Dugdale's Dugdale's Monafticon and his St. Paul's , are useful and [ 427 ]
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On a Reform of Parliament | 340 |
Authors fhould not exceed common Judgement | 351 |
Almanacks | 361 |
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Æneid alſo artiſt becauſe beſt Brahmin Brazen-Age cauſe ceaſe circumftance common confequence confidered converfation courſe cuſtom deſtroyed diſcovered effect Emir eſtabliſhed exift exiſt expreffed fafely faid fame fays feem fenfation fent fhall fhew firft firſt flave fociety fome fomething fometimes foon fource fpeaking ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuperior fuppofe furely genius Gothic Gothic Architecture himſelf honour houſe idea increaſe inftances inſtead Iron-Age juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs liberty loft meaſure ment moſt mufic muft muſic muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion ourſelves paffage paffed painting perfection perfons perhaps pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffeffion preſent principle produce purpoſe reaſon reft replied reſemblance reſpect reſt ſay ſcarce Schâh ſcience ſeems ſhall ſhort ſhould ſome ſpeaking ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſtyle ſuch ſuppoſed tafte taſte Thefe themſelves theſe thing thoſe thou Timur tion ture unleſs uſe uſual whoſe wiſh worfe worſe