Miscellanies of literature, by the author of 'Curiosities of literature'.1840 |
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... discovered its want of a lid . But having pre - excited attention , we had full leisure to sharpen our eye . To these impru dent authors and actors we may apply a Spanish proverb , which has the peculiar quaintness of that people ...
... discovered its want of a lid . But having pre - excited attention , we had full leisure to sharpen our eye . To these impru dent authors and actors we may apply a Spanish proverb , which has the peculiar quaintness of that people ...
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... discovered in modern publi- cations ; while others will only read new books , as Hence it is that the poet , long employed on a poem , has received a quantity of pleasure which no reader can ever feel . In the progress of any particular ...
... discovered in modern publi- cations ; while others will only read new books , as Hence it is that the poet , long employed on a poem , has received a quantity of pleasure which no reader can ever feel . In the progress of any particular ...
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... discovered how little of original invention is to be found even in the most excellent works . To add a little to his predeces- sors , satisfies the ambition of the first geniuses . The popular notion of literary novelty is an idea more ...
... discovered how little of original invention is to be found even in the most excellent works . To add a little to his predeces- sors , satisfies the ambition of the first geniuses . The popular notion of literary novelty is an idea more ...
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... discovered the art of comic writing , with equal discernment he resuscitated them . Not only had Molière not yet discovered the true bent of his genius , but , still more unfortunate , he had as greatly mistaken it as when he proposed ...
... discovered the art of comic writing , with equal discernment he resuscitated them . Not only had Molière not yet discovered the true bent of his genius , but , still more unfortunate , he had as greatly mistaken it as when he proposed ...
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... discovered his true genius ; he was not yet emancipated from his old seductions . A rival company was reputed to have the better actors for tragedy , and Molière resolved to compose an heroic drama on the passion of jealousy , a ...
... discovered his true genius ; he was not yet emancipated from his old seductions . A rival company was reputed to have the better actors for tragedy , and Molière resolved to compose an heroic drama on the passion of jealousy , a ...
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