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Page 81
... taste for litera- ture . Were this really the case , it would indeed be matter of regret to every ingenuous mind . That the most exquisite pleasures of which the mind of man is susceptible , should be incompatible with the proper dis ...
... taste for litera- ture . Were this really the case , it would indeed be matter of regret to every ingenuous mind . That the most exquisite pleasures of which the mind of man is susceptible , should be incompatible with the proper dis ...
Page 83
... taste its beauties with such an ex- quisite relish , as after a day passed in useful and mo- derate industry . It is well known also , to all who are accustomed to mental labour , that the faculties of the mind are at no time so ...
... taste its beauties with such an ex- quisite relish , as after a day passed in useful and mo- derate industry . It is well known also , to all who are accustomed to mental labour , that the faculties of the mind are at no time so ...
Page 114
... taste for slaves and magnificence is quite oriental ; but they have social and convivial dispositions which do not belong to the Asiatics . The custom among the Muscovite no- bility of keeping dwarfs is peculiar , I fancy , to ...
... taste for slaves and magnificence is quite oriental ; but they have social and convivial dispositions which do not belong to the Asiatics . The custom among the Muscovite no- bility of keeping dwarfs is peculiar , I fancy , to ...
Page 141
... taste , or his statements not in unison with the common opinion . It was , how- ever , of great use to him to undergo this trial , painful as it no doubt was ; for it enabled him to see where he failed in producing due effect , and to ...
... taste , or his statements not in unison with the common opinion . It was , how- ever , of great use to him to undergo this trial , painful as it no doubt was ; for it enabled him to see where he failed in producing due effect , and to ...
Page 147
... taste and acumen , on the com- parative merits of the ancient and modern poets of England , the nymph remarked , that no improvement had been made in our poetical phraseology since the age of Shakspeare , notwithstanding the manifest ...
... taste and acumen , on the com- parative merits of the ancient and modern poets of England , the nymph remarked , that no improvement had been made in our poetical phraseology since the age of Shakspeare , notwithstanding the manifest ...
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ancient appear Bachelor beauty Benedict breath caboceer called cataract Catiline CHAP character church Demonax Devil Don Quixote Dr Johnson dreadful Duke of Burgundy earth EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE effect English equal eyes fall FAUST feel fire friends genius Gil Blas give gold Greek hand hath hear heard heart heaven holy honour human Hyder Ali imagination Ioannina Jaffa king less live look Lord magnificent manner MARGARET ment Mephistopheles merits mind morning nature never night o'er object observed Odoacer opinion ornaments palaces passages peculiar perhaps persons pleasure poet poetical poetry possess principles racter replied the Nymph respect Roman round scarcely scene sentiments Shirley Sibylline books side song Sotheby's soul spirit steam stood style sweet taste thee thing thou thought tion Tom Jones truth Warburton whole