Anecdotes of Polite Literature ...G. Burnet, 1764 |
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... fomething extremely clever in fuch witty dialogues , and every body muft certainly be entertained at reading them ; but yet in comedy they are per- nicious , unless entirely characteristical . In the piece which I am now mention- ing ...
... fomething extremely clever in fuch witty dialogues , and every body muft certainly be entertained at reading them ; but yet in comedy they are per- nicious , unless entirely characteristical . In the piece which I am now mention- ing ...
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... fomething original in the character of Bookwit , and it is extremely well fup- ported . There is a great deal of humour in the scene between Lovemore and Pe- nelope , in the second act , and their mif- take gives rise to fome comic ...
... fomething original in the character of Bookwit , and it is extremely well fup- ported . There is a great deal of humour in the scene between Lovemore and Pe- nelope , in the second act , and their mif- take gives rise to fome comic ...
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... fomething of a definition , this will appear very evident . Οταν εν υπ ' ανδρών εμφρονα , και εμπειρες λόγων , πολ λακις ακδόμενον τι προς μεγαλοφροσυνην την ψυχην μη συνα Φατίθη , μηδ ' εγκαταλειπη τη διανοια πλείον το λεγόμενο το ...
... fomething of a definition , this will appear very evident . Οταν εν υπ ' ανδρών εμφρονα , και εμπειρες λόγων , πολ λακις ακδόμενον τι προς μεγαλοφροσυνην την ψυχην μη συνα Φατίθη , μηδ ' εγκαταλειπη τη διανοια πλείον το λεγόμενο το ...
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... fomething pro digiously great and magnificent . We fee in these verfes the earth opened to its very center ; hell ready to difclofe itself ; the whole machine of the world upon the * Gierufalemme liberata , canto ix . point to be ...
... fomething pro digiously great and magnificent . We fee in these verfes the earth opened to its very center ; hell ready to difclofe itself ; the whole machine of the world upon the * Gierufalemme liberata , canto ix . point to be ...
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... much advan- tage as when he happens to forget himself in this respect , the reprefentation of certain tenets , different There is fomething extremely awful and fublime in this paffage ( 84 ) These are truly fublime ideas; and, ...
... much advan- tage as when he happens to forget himself in this respect , the reprefentation of certain tenets , different There is fomething extremely awful and fublime in this paffage ( 84 ) These are truly fublime ideas; and, ...
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