Retrospective Review, Volume 4Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas C. and H. Baldwyn, 1821 - Bibliography |
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... matter as the sun , and so gracious and pleasing was his aspect , that no human imagination could ever form so much as a faint idea of such beauty . As I was contemplating this glorious apparition , I cried out , aloud , A miracle ! a ...
... matter as the sun , and so gracious and pleasing was his aspect , that no human imagination could ever form so much as a faint idea of such beauty . As I was contemplating this glorious apparition , I cried out , aloud , A miracle ! a ...
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... matters . " Some he dares to answer his posing propositions , others he in- vites to a gracious reply , by bringing to them the most amusing and hyperbolical flattery ; and he summons kings and princes to come and decide between him and ...
... matters . " Some he dares to answer his posing propositions , others he in- vites to a gracious reply , by bringing to them the most amusing and hyperbolical flattery ; and he summons kings and princes to come and decide between him and ...
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... other . Whatever . topic he touches upon , no matter how barren or unpromising , the flowers are made to spring up on all sides , as in the most favourable soil ; and the fancy is every where at work , enlivening 56 Dryden's Prose Works .
... other . Whatever . topic he touches upon , no matter how barren or unpromising , the flowers are made to spring up on all sides , as in the most favourable soil ; and the fancy is every where at work , enlivening 56 Dryden's Prose Works .
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... matter , it is neither height of thought that is discommended , nor pathetick vehemence , nor any nobleness of expression in its proper place ; but it is a false measure of all these , something which is like them and is not them : it ...
... matter , it is neither height of thought that is discommended , nor pathetick vehemence , nor any nobleness of expression in its proper place ; but it is a false measure of all these , something which is like them and is not them : it ...
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... matter , the care and labour of the rhyme is carried from us , or , at least , drowned in its own sweet- ness , as bees are sometimes buried in their honey . When a poet has found the repartee , the last perfection he can add to it , is ...
... matter , the care and labour of the rhyme is carried from us , or , at least , drowned in its own sweet- ness , as bees are sometimes buried in their honey . When a poet has found the repartee , the last perfection he can add to it , is ...
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