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Page 214
... subject fuggeft unfought ; and what , when once fuggefted , are easily apprehended by all . Refinement in writing , expref- fes a lefs natural and obvious train of thought , and which it required a pecu- liar turn of genius to purfue ...
... subject fuggeft unfought ; and what , when once fuggefted , are easily apprehended by all . Refinement in writing , expref- fes a lefs natural and obvious train of thought , and which it required a pecu- liar turn of genius to purfue ...
Page 320
... subject ; à defect , which even Cicero is compelled to confefs , and more fully makes appear , when he writes philofo- phy himfelf , from the number of terms which he is obliged to invent t . Virgil feems See Cic . de Fin . I. C. 1 , 2 ...
... subject ; à defect , which even Cicero is compelled to confefs , and more fully makes appear , when he writes philofo- phy himfelf , from the number of terms which he is obliged to invent t . Virgil feems See Cic . de Fin . I. C. 1 , 2 ...
Page 437
... subject , that fo the whole poem may be more uniform and agree- able in all its parts . We fhould never quite lofe fight of the country , though we are fometimes entertained with a diftant profpect of it . Of this nature are Virgil's ...
... subject , that fo the whole poem may be more uniform and agree- able in all its parts . We fhould never quite lofe fight of the country , though we are fometimes entertained with a diftant profpect of it . Of this nature are Virgil's ...
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Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
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