Elements of Criticism: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions : Vol. I( -II)From the Press of S. Etheridge, for J. White, Thomas & Andrews, W. Spotswood, D. West, W.P. Blake, E. Larkin, & J. West, 1796 - Criticism - 440 pages |
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... whole to conflitute a flate cafy and happy , or at the worst tolerable : I fay , it feems to me , that the Author of nature . has thought fit to mingle from time to time , among the fo- cieties of men , a few , and but a few of thofe on ...
... whole to conflitute a flate cafy and happy , or at the worst tolerable : I fay , it feems to me , that the Author of nature . has thought fit to mingle from time to time , among the fo- cieties of men , a few , and but a few of thofe on ...
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... whole fubfiftence , & c . A modeft propofal , & c . Swift . Better : There being throughout this kingdom , a round million of creatures in human figure , whofe whole fubfiftence , & c . Tom is a lively impudent clown , and has wit ...
... whole fubfiftence , & c . A modeft propofal , & c . Swift . Better : There being throughout this kingdom , a round million of creatures in human figure , whofe whole fubfiftence , & c . Tom is a lively impudent clown , and has wit ...
Page 54
... whole nations . For when the degeneracy becomes common , ' tis but juft the punishment fhould be general . Of this kind , in our own unfortunate country , was that destructive peftilence , whofe mortality was fo fatal as to fweep away ...
... whole nations . For when the degeneracy becomes common , ' tis but juft the punishment fhould be general . Of this kind , in our own unfortunate country , was that destructive peftilence , whofe mortality was fo fatal as to fweep away ...
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... whole creation in his hand . Spectator , No. 12 . Better thus : Let us endeavour to establish to ourfelves an intereft in him , who , in his hand , holds the reins of the whole crea- tion . Virgil , who has caft the whole fyftem of ...
... whole creation in his hand . Spectator , No. 12 . Better thus : Let us endeavour to establish to ourfelves an intereft in him , who , in his hand , holds the reins of the whole crea- tion . Virgil , who has caft the whole fyftem of ...
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... whole to its greatest part , and in the fame order through all the parts and accef fories till we arrive at the minuteft ; the fame or- der ought to be followed in the enumeration of fuch particulars . I fhall give one familiar example ...
... whole to its greatest part , and in the fame order through all the parts and accef fories till we arrive at the minuteft ; the fame or- der ought to be followed in the enumeration of fuch particulars . I fhall give one familiar example ...
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