Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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... Young Persons . In two volumes 12mo . illustrated by thirty - five superior engravings . Price 13s . in boards , and 14s . bound and lettered . A NEW CYCLOPEDIA ; or , COMPENDIOUS DIC- TIONARY of ARTS and SCIENCES : including every Mo ...
... Young Persons . In two volumes 12mo . illustrated by thirty - five superior engravings . Price 13s . in boards , and 14s . bound and lettered . A NEW CYCLOPEDIA ; or , COMPENDIOUS DIC- TIONARY of ARTS and SCIENCES : including every Mo ...
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... Young Arthur's death is common in their mouths ; " And when they talk of him they shake their heads , " And whisper one another in the ear ; " And he , that speaks , doth gripe the hearer's wrist ; ' “ Whilst he , that hears , makes ...
... Young Arthur's death is common in their mouths ; " And when they talk of him they shake their heads , " And whisper one another in the ear ; " And he , that speaks , doth gripe the hearer's wrist ; ' “ Whilst he , that hears , makes ...
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... young and incompetent writers will so much expose themselves as in attempting it . Yet some authors of very secondary talents have acquired much temporary and transient fame , by an air of novelty . Among these , I cannot but rank the ...
... young and incompetent writers will so much expose themselves as in attempting it . Yet some authors of very secondary talents have acquired much temporary and transient fame , by an air of novelty . Among these , I cannot but rank the ...
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... ing out to all eternity : an object unpropor- tioned to our capacity , as is thy being , O thou antient cause ! Older than time , yet young with fresh eternity ! " In vain we try to fathom the abyss of 30 THE SUBLIME .
... ing out to all eternity : an object unpropor- tioned to our capacity , as is thy being , O thou antient cause ! Older than time , yet young with fresh eternity ! " In vain we try to fathom the abyss of 30 THE SUBLIME .
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... young writer . I have often found great amusement in turning over its leaves , and observing the different uses to which the same word has been applied ac- cording to the genius of different writers . It affords also an encouragement to ...
... young writer . I have often found great amusement in turning over its leaves , and observing the different uses to which the same word has been applied ac- cording to the genius of different writers . It affords also an encouragement to ...
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