Retrospective Review, Volume 3C. and H. Baldwyn, 1820 |
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Page 14
... extract , but there are some ornamental passages which will less stand the test of criticism , particularly such figures as the following , very fit to be associated with some more modern concetti . " If the sea were ink to write the ...
... extract , but there are some ornamental passages which will less stand the test of criticism , particularly such figures as the following , very fit to be associated with some more modern concetti . " If the sea were ink to write the ...
Page 25
... extract the author's account of the French men and women , which has a good deal of the point and felicity of the " Characters " which were then in great vogue . " The present French , then , is nothing but an old Gaule , moulded into a ...
... extract the author's account of the French men and women , which has a good deal of the point and felicity of the " Characters " which were then in great vogue . " The present French , then , is nothing but an old Gaule , moulded into a ...
Page 46
... extracts with the address to the soldiers , from the conclusion of the fifth book . " Oh you that with me past have here and there A thousand perils , and a thousand woes , Champions of God , whom his faith to repaire Even from your ...
... extracts with the address to the soldiers , from the conclusion of the fifth book . " Oh you that with me past have here and there A thousand perils , and a thousand woes , Champions of God , whom his faith to repaire Even from your ...
Page 47
... extracts fully prove , he is singularly successful , but he soon reverts to a harsh and unmusical strain . We have not thought it worth while to institute any comparison between this antique version , and the more modern attempts either ...
... extracts fully prove , he is singularly successful , but he soon reverts to a harsh and unmusical strain . We have not thought it worth while to institute any comparison between this antique version , and the more modern attempts either ...
Page 51
... extract on ex- tract , and cento on cento , with industry as misapplied as it was disgusting . With Fuller , a quotation always tells : learning with him was considered as a sort of mortar to strengthen , interlace , and support his own ...
... extract on ex- tract , and cento on cento , with industry as misapplied as it was disgusting . With Fuller , a quotation always tells : learning with him was considered as a sort of mortar to strengthen , interlace , and support his own ...
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