The Critical Review, Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1799 - English literature |
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... Moft of the pages of the work are fo full of French and Latin quotations , that we fhall chufe our next extract from the view of the above - mentioned competition . • Every perfon claiming to be defcended from fir William Stu- art , the ...
... Moft of the pages of the work are fo full of French and Latin quotations , that we fhall chufe our next extract from the view of the above - mentioned competition . • Every perfon claiming to be defcended from fir William Stu- art , the ...
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... moft ridi- culous attempt for any contemporary author to endeavour to per- fuade the world that fir William Stuart , then alive , had been tried , condemned , and executed immediately after the battle of Homildon in the year 1402 . • If ...
... moft ridi- culous attempt for any contemporary author to endeavour to per- fuade the world that fir William Stuart , then alive , had been tried , condemned , and executed immediately after the battle of Homildon in the year 1402 . • If ...
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... moft diftinguifhed poets who have attempted this pleafing fpecies of compofition . The remarks on Petrarch are perfectly just . The fonnets of this far - famed Italian have met with more ap- plaufe perhaps than they deferve . Simplicity ...
... moft diftinguifhed poets who have attempted this pleafing fpecies of compofition . The remarks on Petrarch are perfectly just . The fonnets of this far - famed Italian have met with more ap- plaufe perhaps than they deferve . Simplicity ...
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... moft ingenious chief- tain of his age , and enjoyed the great advantage of defcribing scenes in which he himself was actually an important agent . an important agent . The de- fcriptions throughout the works of this bard are fo ...
... moft ingenious chief- tain of his age , and enjoyed the great advantage of defcribing scenes in which he himself was actually an important agent . an important agent . The de- fcriptions throughout the works of this bard are fo ...
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... moft perverfely drawn from the religion of the lamb , the horns of its fascinating power ? Does it not unite the fubtlety of the ferpent , with the fury of the dragon ? -promife univerfal happinefs , but lead to univerfal mifery ? Has ...
... moft perverfely drawn from the religion of the lamb , the horns of its fascinating power ? Does it not unite the fubtlety of the ferpent , with the fury of the dragon ? -promife univerfal happinefs , but lead to univerfal mifery ? Has ...
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