| Joseph Ritson - Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 - 1783 - 266 pages
...howeyer, as th,e reader will perceive, ftriftly within the canon. *' He (ie the profefsed critic) may find out a bawdy, or immoral meaning in his author, where there does noŁ appear tq be any hint that way." Canon XII, p. 214. $Iy. And others^ when the bagpipe rings i'the... | |
| Charles Bucke - Physicians - 1832 - 334 pages
...by those amendments or explanations, enhance the value of his critical skill s. He may discover any immoral meaning in his author, where there does not appear to be any hint of the kind6: he is under no obligation himself to attend to such trivial matters as orthography or... | |
| John Selby Watson - 1863 - 700 pages
...do better. ' He may interpret his author so as to make him mean directly contrary to what he says. ' He needs not attend to the low accuracy of orthography or pointing, but may ridicule such trivial criticisms in others. ' Yet, when he pleases to condescend to such work, he may value... | |
| Cecil Eldred Hughes - English literature - 1904 - 368 pages
...immoral meaning in his Author where there does not appear to be any hint that way. CANON Xlll. He need not attend to the low accuracy of orthography, or pointing ; but may ridicule such trivial criticisms in others. CANON XIV. Yet, when He pleases to condescend to such work, He may... | |
| Albert Harris Tolman - Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character) - 1925 - 292 pages
...and refute them; only to enhance the value of his critical skill. XII. He may find out an immodest or immoral meaning in his author; where there does...attend to the low accuracy of orthography or pointing; hut may ridicule such trivial criticisms in others. XIV. Yet, when he pleases to condescend to such... | |
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