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Page ii
... greatest degree of purity and splendour united , that LONGINES has for some ages appeared in , was under the patronage of the late Lord MAC- CLESFIELD . A writer of so much spirit and judg- ment , had a just in to the protection of so ...
... greatest degree of purity and splendour united , that LONGINES has for some ages appeared in , was under the patronage of the late Lord MAC- CLESFIELD . A writer of so much spirit and judg- ment , had a just in to the protection of so ...
Page iv
... of Boileau . I saw nothing in either of these which did not yield the greatest encouragement to a new attempt . No less than nine years have intervened since the finishing . of this translation , in which space it has iv DEDICATION .
... of Boileau . I saw nothing in either of these which did not yield the greatest encouragement to a new attempt . No less than nine years have intervened since the finishing . of this translation , in which space it has iv DEDICATION .
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... greatest attention . As he was not deficient in vivacity of parts , quickness of apprehen- sion , and strength of understanding , the pro- * Fragment , quintum . * See Sect . xii . : gress of his improvement must needs have been equal ...
... greatest attention . As he was not deficient in vivacity of parts , quickness of apprehen- sion , and strength of understanding , the pro- * Fragment , quintum . * See Sect . xii . : gress of his improvement must needs have been equal ...
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... greatest application , and soon became the most re- markable person in a place so remarkable as Athens . Here he published his Treatise on the Sublime , which raised his reputation to such a height , as no critic , either before or ...
... greatest application , and soon became the most re- markable person in a place so remarkable as Athens . Here he published his Treatise on the Sublime , which raised his reputation to such a height , as no critic , either before or ...
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... greatest part on critical subjects . Dr. Pearce has col- lected the titles of twenty - five Treatises , none of which , except this on the Sublime , have escaped from the depredations of time and barbarians . And even this is rescued as ...
... greatest part on critical subjects . Dr. Pearce has col- lected the titles of twenty - five Treatises , none of which , except this on the Sublime , have escaped from the depredations of time and barbarians . And even this is rescued as ...
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