The British Critic, Volumes 3-4F. and C. Rivington, 1815 |
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... speak of him- self and his own pretensious with so much frank and unaffected modesty , declaring itself , not in an absurd disavowal of those abilities which every wise man is assured , and every cox- comb fancies he possesses , but in ...
... speak of him- self and his own pretensious with so much frank and unaffected modesty , declaring itself , not in an absurd disavowal of those abilities which every wise man is assured , and every cox- comb fancies he possesses , but in ...
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... speak upon this momentous question , there are very few to be found who will not rather outrage the judgment than inform the understanding of their readers . Hasty and over- whelming assertions , false and unwarrantable conclusions ...
... speak upon this momentous question , there are very few to be found who will not rather outrage the judgment than inform the understanding of their readers . Hasty and over- whelming assertions , false and unwarrantable conclusions ...
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... speak in the language of just reproach— " Every populous village , unprovided with a national school must be considered as a strong hold abandoned to the occupation of the enemy . " The Bishop , however , has reminded us that even after ...
... speak in the language of just reproach— " Every populous village , unprovided with a national school must be considered as a strong hold abandoned to the occupation of the enemy . " The Bishop , however , has reminded us that even after ...
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... speak , and in the name of all hearers , we call earnestly upon those dispensers of God's word , who thus waste . their time in garnishing the cup , when they should be administer- ing the waters of life ; we admonish them in the words ...
... speak , and in the name of all hearers , we call earnestly upon those dispensers of God's word , who thus waste . their time in garnishing the cup , when they should be administer- ing the waters of life ; we admonish them in the words ...
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... speak in terms of approbation . The lines are generally harmo . nious , sometimes even energetic ; but too close an imitation of Sir W. Jones has betrayed him occasionally into a palling pret- tiness of expression , which surfeits the ...
... speak in terms of approbation . The lines are generally harmo . nious , sometimes even energetic ; but too close an imitation of Sir W. Jones has betrayed him occasionally into a palling pret- tiness of expression , which surfeits the ...
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