Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and MenJ. Murray, 1820 - 302 էջ |
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... believe that if it was a set thing , I could give an account of any story to twelve friends together ; though I could tell it to any three of them with a great deal of plea- sure . When I was to appear for the Bishop of Rochester on his ...
... believe that if it was a set thing , I could give an account of any story to twelve friends together ; though I could tell it to any three of them with a great deal of plea- sure . When I was to appear for the Bishop of Rochester on his ...
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... believe there may , a good deal ; but , with all that , there certainly is not any of the ancients who reasons so well as Mr. Locke . - The same . In my first setting out , I never read any art of logic or rhetoric . I met with Locke ...
... believe there may , a good deal ; but , with all that , there certainly is not any of the ancients who reasons so well as Mr. Locke . - The same . In my first setting out , I never read any art of logic or rhetoric . I met with Locke ...
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... believe I shall omit it , though , if rightly under- stood , it has more of commendation than of satire in it . - The same . An I had all the subscription money for the Iliad , and Tonson * was at all the expense of printing , paper ...
... believe I shall omit it , though , if rightly under- stood , it has more of commendation than of satire in it . - The same . An I had all the subscription money for the Iliad , and Tonson * was at all the expense of printing , paper ...
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... believe was not meant of Cato Uticensis . — Mr . Pope . What terrible moments does one feel after one has engaged for a large work ! In the beginning of my translating the Iliad , I wished any body would hang me a hundred times . - The ...
... believe was not meant of Cato Uticensis . — Mr . Pope . What terrible moments does one feel after one has engaged for a large work ! In the beginning of my translating the Iliad , I wished any body would hang me a hundred times . - The ...
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... believe you will find , upon inquiry , that those parts which have been the most corrected read the easiest . " - The same . [ What a useful study might it be for a poet , in those parts that are changed , to compare what was writ first ...
... believe you will find , upon inquiry , that those parts which have been the most corrected read the easiest . " - The same . [ What a useful study might it be for a poet , in those parts that are changed , to compare what was writ first ...
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