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Page 151
... taste of the times , to authors who have declined from po- pularity , although to have written so was neverthe- less merit . I scarcely know of one eminent writer , for whom the bad taste of his age is alleged in ex- tenuation of his ...
... taste of the times , to authors who have declined from po- pularity , although to have written so was neverthe- less merit . I scarcely know of one eminent writer , for whom the bad taste of his age is alleged in ex- tenuation of his ...
Page 152
... taste : Would have all these in one , you Name my mistress , and ' tis done . " " And this other is still more curiously elegant . " SONG . " Ask me no more where Jove bestows , When June is past , the fading rose ; For in your beauties ...
... taste : Would have all these in one , you Name my mistress , and ' tis done . " " And this other is still more curiously elegant . " SONG . " Ask me no more where Jove bestows , When June is past , the fading rose ; For in your beauties ...
Page 180
... taste ; for the probability is , that Rome at present , in what respects the accommodation and comfort of the in- habitants , is superior to what she ever was , even in the palmiest period of her magnificence . In truth , I have a ...
... taste ; for the probability is , that Rome at present , in what respects the accommodation and comfort of the in- habitants , is superior to what she ever was , even in the palmiest period of her magnificence . In truth , I have a ...
Page 181
... taste for greater elegance , which I attribute to our climate being more variable than that of Holland ; our love of the neat , if I may be permitted so to speak , considering it as a quality different from the bountiful , I would ...
... taste for greater elegance , which I attribute to our climate being more variable than that of Holland ; our love of the neat , if I may be permitted so to speak , considering it as a quality different from the bountiful , I would ...
Page 198
... taste as adventures of more varied address , -such , for example , as those of the two Sherleys , in Orme's Historical Fragments . " " The means by which the two extraordinary ad- venturers of that name obtained such important employ ...
... taste as adventures of more varied address , -such , for example , as those of the two Sherleys , in Orme's Historical Fragments . " " The means by which the two extraordinary ad- venturers of that name obtained such important employ ...
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