The Critical Review, Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1799 - English literature |
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... produce a pedigree or state of facts not qualified to ftand the test of the stricteft examination , he must take the confequences ; ill founded pretenfions will justly be fet afide to make way for those of other competitors . In all ...
... produce a pedigree or state of facts not qualified to ftand the test of the stricteft examination , he must take the confequences ; ill founded pretenfions will justly be fet afide to make way for those of other competitors . In all ...
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... produce of the pre- fent century , Mr. Macpherson must not only be efteemed as one of the first poets , but as exhibiting an attention and fkill in the pre- fervation of coftume hitherto unparalleled . Ancient or modern , . however ...
... produce of the pre- fent century , Mr. Macpherson must not only be efteemed as one of the first poets , but as exhibiting an attention and fkill in the pre- fervation of coftume hitherto unparalleled . Ancient or modern , . however ...
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... produce , we are nearly upon a level . ' Of the modern epics Hole's Arthur is the only one wild enough to be comparable with Spenfer ; but the northern enchantment is already neglected , and it is ufelefs to invite attention to a poem ...
... produce , we are nearly upon a level . ' Of the modern epics Hole's Arthur is the only one wild enough to be comparable with Spenfer ; but the northern enchantment is already neglected , and it is ufelefs to invite attention to a poem ...
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... produced , not by a conviction of the truth in the votaries of those two fects , but by the propagation of an intolerant infidelity , which might destroy thofe fuperftitions . It may be faid , that their prognoftications naturally arofe ...
... produced , not by a conviction of the truth in the votaries of those two fects , but by the propagation of an intolerant infidelity , which might destroy thofe fuperftitions . It may be faid , that their prognoftications naturally arofe ...
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... produced a fleepless night : the next day he gave Amaryllis the care of his goats , and promifed an early return . The fun declined , and Lycidas returned not . Amaryllis fighed at its farewell beam . She fat , her head reclining on her ...
... produced a fleepless night : the next day he gave Amaryllis the care of his goats , and promifed an early return . The fun declined , and Lycidas returned not . Amaryllis fighed at its farewell beam . She fat , her head reclining on her ...
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