The Monthly Mirror1809 |
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... elegant and ingenious lucubrations in prose and verse , we owe the rare excellence of originality throughout the whole of these volumes . We shall not stay here invi- diously to particularize , but with grateful feelings return our ...
... elegant and ingenious lucubrations in prose and verse , we owe the rare excellence of originality throughout the whole of these volumes . We shall not stay here invi- diously to particularize , but with grateful feelings return our ...
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... elegance of wit , and originality of humour . " No admirer of the ancients , no lover of light humour and easy ... elegant and best skilled in the knowledge of the human heart , perhaps , of any of the ancients , is a proof , not ...
... elegance of wit , and originality of humour . " No admirer of the ancients , no lover of light humour and easy ... elegant and best skilled in the knowledge of the human heart , perhaps , of any of the ancients , is a proof , not ...
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... elegantly turned in prose . We cannot bestow so much praise on his versification . Schu bart's Tomb of Princes is a close imitation of Sternhold and Hopkins . " How will you feel , when from the throne You hear the judge declare ...
... elegantly turned in prose . We cannot bestow so much praise on his versification . Schu bart's Tomb of Princes is a close imitation of Sternhold and Hopkins . " How will you feel , when from the throne You hear the judge declare ...
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... elegant language of the accomplished Helen , that " though you may lead a horse to the water , you cannot make him drink , ” and his fellow labourers have long left us without a doubt on the subject . Mr. Mathews's Ponder is what is ...
... elegant language of the accomplished Helen , that " though you may lead a horse to the water , you cannot make him drink , ” and his fellow labourers have long left us without a doubt on the subject . Mr. Mathews's Ponder is what is ...
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... elegance of appearance ; on the contrary , it is gene- rally considered an unsightly membranous pouch , " but , after speak- ing of it in this manner , he changes his tone , and with profound reverence teaches us to respect it as the ...
... elegance of appearance ; on the contrary , it is gene- rally considered an unsightly membranous pouch , " but , after speak- ing of it in this manner , he changes his tone , and with profound reverence teaches us to respect it as the ...
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