Reflection: A Poem, in Four Cantos ...R. Cruttwell, 1790 - 278 страница |
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... happened , much cause to complain of in the critiques then bestowed on that smaller part . This firft Canto then can not have the excufe of draw - backs that the ensuing Cantos may pretend to . Not but that the reasons , and means of ...
... happened , much cause to complain of in the critiques then bestowed on that smaller part . This firft Canto then can not have the excufe of draw - backs that the ensuing Cantos may pretend to . Not but that the reasons , and means of ...
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... happened here to be followed by the writer . During the Notes the Preface was little thought about . .... ERR AT A. Page 74 , line 8 , for thy creature , read the creature . 107 , 1. 4 , for of his own , r . for his own . 114 , 1. 3 ...
... happened here to be followed by the writer . During the Notes the Preface was little thought about . .... ERR AT A. Page 74 , line 8 , for thy creature , read the creature . 107 , 1. 4 , for of his own , r . for his own . 114 , 1. 3 ...
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... happened to conclude with a certain playful kind of freedom in contrast to its preceding philofophical gravity , flung a degree of difficulty over the plan of continuation of the reflective subject , which feemed inter- rupted ( to ...
... happened to conclude with a certain playful kind of freedom in contrast to its preceding philofophical gravity , flung a degree of difficulty over the plan of continuation of the reflective subject , which feemed inter- rupted ( to ...
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... happened , ( not having the original one before me ) to fall on other additional examples not less real than his . From hence , I fay , has been formed the idea of going on upwards with it as we fee ; but in this it is manifeft , that ...
... happened , ( not having the original one before me ) to fall on other additional examples not less real than his . From hence , I fay , has been formed the idea of going on upwards with it as we fee ; but in this it is manifeft , that ...
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... happened to fix on this little spot where we live for the precife end of his entire creation ! And when I talk of other planets , and of their magnitude or number , look up at the heavens , and tell us how many objects of creation , you ...
... happened to fix on this little spot where we live for the precife end of his entire creation ! And when I talk of other planets , and of their magnitude or number , look up at the heavens , and tell us how many objects of creation , you ...
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