 | 592 pages
...meet with an author, who can make you smile, and yet at nobody's expense; who is always entertainins, and yet always harmless, and who, though always elegant and classical to a degree not always found in the classics themselves, charms more by the simplicity and playfulness of his ideas, than by the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 394 pages
...world. It is not common to meet with an author, who can make you smile, and yet at nobody's expence ; who is always entertaining, and yet always harmless,...elegant, and classical, to a degree not always found in the classics themselves, charms more by the simplicity and playfulness of his ideas, than by the... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 404 pages
...world. It is not common to meet with an author, who can make you smile, and yet at nobody's expence ; who is always entertaining, and yet always harmless.,...though always elegant, and classical, to a degree nof always found in the classics themselves, charms mofe by the simplicity and playfulness of his Ideas,... | |
 | Vincent Bourne - 1808 - 228 pages
...one of the " most amiable writers in the world. It is not " common to meet with an author, who can " make you smile, and yet at nobody's expense ; " who...and *•' classical, to a degree not always found in the " classics themselves, charms more by the sim" plicity and playfulness of his ideas, than by... | |
 | Vincent Bourne - English poetry - 1808 - 398 pages
...one of the " most amiable writers in the world. It is not " common to meet with an author, who can " make you smile, and yet at nobody's expense^ " who...elegant, and " classical, to a degree not always found in' the " classics themselves, charms more by the sim" plicity and playfulness of his ideas, than by... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 540 pages
...and yet always harmless ; and who, though always elegant and classical, to a degree not always found in the classics themselves, charms more by the simplicity...neatness and purity of his verse : yet such was poor Vinn)'. I remember seeing the duke of Richmond set fire to his greasy locks, and box his ears to put... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 534 pages
...world. It is not common to meet with an author who can make you smile, and yet at nobody's expence ; who is always entertaining, and yet always harmless...elegant and classical, to a degree not always found in the classics themselves, charms more by the simplicity and playfulness of his ideas, than by the... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1817 - 324 pages
...mind, one of the most amiable writers in the world. It is not common to meet with an author who can make you smile, and yet at nobody's expense; who is...elegant, and classical to a degree not always found in the classics themselves, charms more by the simplicity and playfulness of his ideas, than by the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 544 pages
...world. It is not common to meet with an author who can make you smile, and yet at nobody's expence ; who is always entertaining, and yet always harmless...elegant and classical, to a degree not always found in the classics themselves, charms more by the simplicity and playfulness of his ideas, than by the... | |
 | Vincent Bourne - 1826 - 332 pages
...mind, one of the most amiable writers in the world. It is not common to meet with an author who can make you smile, and yet at nobody's expense ; who is always entertaining, and always harmless ; and who, though always elegant and classical, to a degree not always found in the... | |
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... and humanity, that makes him, in my mind, one of the most amiable writers in the world. It is not common to meet with an author who can make you smile, and yet at nobody's expense; who is always entertaining, and yet always harmless ; and who, though... 
