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Page 68
... admiration of a beauty , merely as such , is inconsistent with a tolerable re- flection upon yourself . The chearful good - humoured creatures , into whose heads it never entered that they could make any man unhappy , are the persons ...
... admiration of a beauty , merely as such , is inconsistent with a tolerable re- flection upon yourself . The chearful good - humoured creatures , into whose heads it never entered that they could make any man unhappy , are the persons ...
Page 115
... admiration and lofty ideas are supposed to reign , the marvellous and super- natural find , if any where , their proper place . They both enable the poet to aggrandize his subject , by means of those august and solemn objects which ...
... admiration and lofty ideas are supposed to reign , the marvellous and super- natural find , if any where , their proper place . They both enable the poet to aggrandize his subject , by means of those august and solemn objects which ...
Page 117
... admired , as is likewise that particular art which he has made use of in the inter- spersing of all those graces of poetry , which the subject was capable of receiving , The survey of the whole creation , and of every thing that is ...
... admired , as is likewise that particular art which he has made use of in the inter- spersing of all those graces of poetry , which the subject was capable of receiving , The survey of the whole creation , and of every thing that is ...
Page 128
... admirable talent at turning his friends into ridicule , that no body out did him at an ill - natured jest , or that he never went to bed before he had dispatched his third bottle . These are , however , very common funeral ora- tions ...
... admirable talent at turning his friends into ridicule , that no body out did him at an ill - natured jest , or that he never went to bed before he had dispatched his third bottle . These are , however , very common funeral ora- tions ...
Page 135
... admired , addressed to , and flattered , with no ill consequence to her reputation . This lady is of a free and disengaged behaviour , ever in good - humour , such as is the image of innocence with those who are innocent , and an encou ...
... admired , addressed to , and flattered , with no ill consequence to her reputation . This lady is of a free and disengaged behaviour , ever in good - humour , such as is the image of innocence with those who are innocent , and an encou ...
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