Works, Volume 11W. Durell, 1811 |
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... Criticism was for a while lost in wonder ; no rules of judgment were applied to a book written in open defiance of truth and regularity . But when distinctions came to be made , the part which gave the least pleasure was that which ...
... Criticism was for a while lost in wonder ; no rules of judgment were applied to a book written in open defiance of truth and regularity . But when distinctions came to be made , the part which gave the least pleasure was that which ...
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... critic can exercise his powers . They are often humorous , almost always light , and have the qualities which recommend such compositions , easiness and gaiety . They are , for the most part , what their author intended . The the ...
... critic can exercise his powers . They are often humorous , almost always light , and have the qualities which recommend such compositions , easiness and gaiety . They are , for the most part , what their author intended . The the ...
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... critics . He was introduced to Mr. Pope , who was then visit- ing sir John Cotton at Madingley near Cambridge , and gained so much of his esteem , that he was employed , I believe , to make extracts from Eustathius for the notes to the ...
... critics . He was introduced to Mr. Pope , who was then visit- ing sir John Cotton at Madingley near Cambridge , and gained so much of his esteem , that he was employed , I believe , to make extracts from Eustathius for the notes to the ...
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... criticism , he read " Temple's Essays " and " Locke on Human Understanding . " His reading , though his favourite ... critics of that time ; as they well deserved , they were read with admiration , and many praises were bestowed upon ...
... criticism , he read " Temple's Essays " and " Locke on Human Understanding . " His reading , though his favourite ... critics of that time ; as they well deserved , they were read with admiration , and many praises were bestowed upon ...
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... critics with contempt , though he had yet suffer- ed nothing from them . But the fondness of Wycherley was too violent to ... criticism ; and sometimes sent his performances to Pope , who did not forbear such remarks as were now and then ...
... critics with contempt , though he had yet suffer- ed nothing from them . But the fondness of Wycherley was too violent to ... criticism ; and sometimes sent his performances to Pope , who did not forbear such remarks as were now and then ...
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