The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 56Tobias George Smollett W. Simpkin and R. Marshall., 1783 Each number includes a classified "Monthly catalogue." |
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... thought of ftir- ring , and but very feldom wafted an evening in the way that numbers of them do , fo that in general I laboured about four- teen hours , fometimes fifteen , of the four and twenty , I de- termined with myself that after ...
... thought of ftir- ring , and but very feldom wafted an evening in the way that numbers of them do , fo that in general I laboured about four- teen hours , fometimes fifteen , of the four and twenty , I de- termined with myself that after ...
Page 282
... thought a coxcomb , or a pedant . Why then should fuch inverted expreffions be used in our compofitions ? METAPHORS . " From the influx of fo many fireams , from the junction of fo many diffimilar parts , it naturally follows , that the ...
... thought a coxcomb , or a pedant . Why then should fuch inverted expreffions be used in our compofitions ? METAPHORS . " From the influx of fo many fireams , from the junction of fo many diffimilar parts , it naturally follows , that the ...
Page 381
... thought com- mences . But the introduction is not clear of incumbrance . " Impute not to these the fault , " is an affected and inadequate expreffion for " don't treat them with fcorn . " The two laft lines are the moft majestic in the ...
... thought com- mences . But the introduction is not clear of incumbrance . " Impute not to these the fault , " is an affected and inadequate expreffion for " don't treat them with fcorn . " The two laft lines are the moft majestic in the ...
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