The Critical Review, Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1799 - English literature |
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... thought . Even our three great poets , Spenfer , Shakspeare , and Milton , are clogged with materials that press heavy on the patience of the critical reader , and certainly abound in quaintneffes , puerilities and conceits which would ...
... thought . Even our three great poets , Spenfer , Shakspeare , and Milton , are clogged with materials that press heavy on the patience of the critical reader , and certainly abound in quaintneffes , puerilities and conceits which would ...
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... It is peculiarly adapt- ed to the state of a man violently agitated by a real paffion , and wanting compofure and vigour of mind to methodise his thoughts . It is fitted to exprefs a momentary burst 34 Mifs Seward's Sonnetsi.
... It is peculiarly adapt- ed to the state of a man violently agitated by a real paffion , and wanting compofure and vigour of mind to methodise his thoughts . It is fitted to exprefs a momentary burst 34 Mifs Seward's Sonnetsi.
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thoughts . It is fitted to exprefs a momentary burst of paf- fion , & c . " Now , if there be one fpecies of compofition more difficult and artificial than another , it is an English fonnet on the Italian model . Adapted to the ...
thoughts . It is fitted to exprefs a momentary burst of paf- fion , & c . " Now , if there be one fpecies of compofition more difficult and artificial than another , it is an English fonnet on the Italian model . Adapted to the ...
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... thought I had some reason to conclude , that it is a nocturnal animal , that it becomes benumbed by candle light , that it lives in wood and prefers new built houses , & c . After the end of February I never faw any more . • The last ...
... thought I had some reason to conclude , that it is a nocturnal animal , that it becomes benumbed by candle light , that it lives in wood and prefers new built houses , & c . After the end of February I never faw any more . • The last ...
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... thought there were but two forts of beings , and that all who were not Grecians were barbarians ; fo this certain fet , confiders fociety as refolving itself into two distinct claffes , the fine world and the people ; to which laft ...
... thought there were but two forts of beings , and that all who were not Grecians were barbarians ; fo this certain fet , confiders fociety as refolving itself into two distinct claffes , the fine world and the people ; to which laft ...
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