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... hands , in the mean time , are active only to turn the leaves of that drowsy production , on which his eyes , certainly for good rea- fons , are conftantly rivetted ! And here , whilft fpeaking of those talents which are neceffary to ...
... hands , in the mean time , are active only to turn the leaves of that drowsy production , on which his eyes , certainly for good rea- fons , are conftantly rivetted ! And here , whilft fpeaking of those talents which are neceffary to ...
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... hand , where melody is almost totally neglected for the fake of an affected harmony , to those fublime effufions , whose power an Alexander was to experience a Collins and a Dryden to record ! ary arrived early at perfection , almost be ...
... hand , where melody is almost totally neglected for the fake of an affected harmony , to those fublime effufions , whose power an Alexander was to experience a Collins and a Dryden to record ! ary arrived early at perfection , almost be ...
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... hand of the Macedonian . It is ftill lefs neceffary for me , * A remarkable circumftance , which took place at the final engagement in which Philip of Macedon com- pleated his conqueft of the Grecian ftates , gave rise to the following ...
... hand of the Macedonian . It is ftill lefs neceffary for me , * A remarkable circumftance , which took place at the final engagement in which Philip of Macedon com- pleated his conqueft of the Grecian ftates , gave rise to the following ...
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... hand may burft the gates of death ! may rend afunder the dearest ties of kindred , of friendship , of love ! and plunge a trembling foul into an unprepared- for eternity . By thefe awful confidera- tions , I call on those who have power ...
... hand may burft the gates of death ! may rend afunder the dearest ties of kindred , of friendship , of love ! and plunge a trembling foul into an unprepared- for eternity . By thefe awful confidera- tions , I call on those who have power ...
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... . Of thefe , the inculcat- ing the minor duties of life appears most proper for this fpecies of writing , unless the tale partakes of the heroic tone of epic , a fpecies of compofition requiring the hand of epic , 88 ON NOVEL WRITING .
... . Of thefe , the inculcat- ing the minor duties of life appears most proper for this fpecies of writing , unless the tale partakes of the heroic tone of epic , a fpecies of compofition requiring the hand of epic , 88 ON NOVEL WRITING .
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