The Critical Review, Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1808 |
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... reader along from one period to another as much by the diversity of manner , as of events . Hume is not only glaringly defec tive himself in this historical excellence , but by the cold and spiritless uniformity of his polished writings ...
... reader along from one period to another as much by the diversity of manner , as of events . Hume is not only glaringly defec tive himself in this historical excellence , but by the cold and spiritless uniformity of his polished writings ...
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... reader . We suppose that these volumes are the outpourings of that journal , which Dr. Davis seems to have regarded with a sort of amorous fond- ness , and with that kind of self - satisfaction which it is un- fortunate for an author ...
... reader . We suppose that these volumes are the outpourings of that journal , which Dr. Davis seems to have regarded with a sort of amorous fond- ness , and with that kind of self - satisfaction which it is un- fortunate for an author ...
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... reader , as the one we have just men- tioned . We know of no hero of a fictitious , and we may add , improbable tale , in whose dangers and misfortunes we Lake so unvarying an interest . The mind never tires , the attention never flags ...
... reader , as the one we have just men- tioned . We know of no hero of a fictitious , and we may add , improbable tale , in whose dangers and misfortunes we Lake so unvarying an interest . The mind never tires , the attention never flags ...
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