A Letter to Mr. Mason; on the Marks of ImitationW. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer; and sold, 1757 - 76 pages |
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... fuppofe , are original thinkers . ' Tis true , Nature has taken a pleasure to fhew us what he could do , by the production of ONE Prodigy . But the reft are what we admire them for , not indeed without Genius , perhaps with a larger ...
... fuppofe , are original thinkers . ' Tis true , Nature has taken a pleasure to fhew us what he could do , by the production of ONE Prodigy . But the reft are what we admire them for , not indeed without Genius , perhaps with a larger ...
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... fuppofe , from what you know of the fashion of that age , that their fancies would not be sprinkled , and their wits refreshed by the effences of the Italian poetry ? I fcarcely need fay a word of our other Queen , whofe reign was ...
... fuppofe , from what you know of the fashion of that age , that their fancies would not be sprinkled , and their wits refreshed by the effences of the Italian poetry ? I fcarcely need fay a word of our other Queen , whofe reign was ...
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... fuppofe that the following is an inftance of the fame nature . 2 , Milton on a certain occafion fays of Death , that he " Grinn'd horrible a ghaftly fmile- P. L. B. 11..846 . This representation is fuppos'd by his learned Edi- tor to be ...
... fuppofe that the following is an inftance of the fame nature . 2 , Milton on a certain occafion fays of Death , that he " Grinn'd horrible a ghaftly fmile- P. L. B. 11..846 . This representation is fuppos'd by his learned Edi- tor to be ...
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... fuppofe , that he will readily call to mind , -- aliena negotia centum Per caput , et circa faliunt latus . which fufficiently explains it : As we may fee from Mr. Cowley's application of the fame paffage . " Alie- na negotia centum per ...
... fuppofe , that he will readily call to mind , -- aliena negotia centum Per caput , et circa faliunt latus . which fufficiently explains it : As we may fee from Mr. Cowley's application of the fame paffage . " Alie- na negotia centum per ...
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