A Collection of One Hundred Pieces of English Literature: Fifty in Prose and Fifty in Verse : Accompanied with a Variety of Notes for the Use of the Inhabitants of the Netherlands, Volume 1Nayler en Company, 1830 |
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... Beauty , must to all impart ; At once the Source , and End , and Test of Art . & c . You then , whose Judgement the right course would steer , Know well each Ancient's proper character ; His fable , subject , scope in every page ...
... Beauty , must to all impart ; At once the Source , and End , and Test of Art . & c . You then , whose Judgement the right course would steer , Know well each Ancient's proper character ; His fable , subject , scope in every page ...
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... beauty . " Spectator , No. 40 . Schlegel and Hazlitt alike condemn the " happy ending , " as it is commonly called ; and I am desirous of adding my disapprobation to theirs : for I have seen King Lear with Tate's alteration , in ...
... beauty . " Spectator , No. 40 . Schlegel and Hazlitt alike condemn the " happy ending , " as it is commonly called ; and I am desirous of adding my disapprobation to theirs : for I have seen King Lear with Tate's alteration , in ...
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... beauty his hands have wrought , and raises our hopes and our belief in Goodness to hea- ven , only to dash them to the earth again , and break them in pieces the more effectually from the very height they have fallen . Our enthusiasm ...
... beauty his hands have wrought , and raises our hopes and our belief in Goodness to hea- ven , only to dash them to the earth again , and break them in pieces the more effectually from the very height they have fallen . Our enthusiasm ...
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... Beauty's eye ; To ask - and pause , in hope and fear Till she reply . " A nobler flame shall warm thy breast , A brighter maiden faithful prove ; Thy youth , thy age , shall yet be blessed In Woman's love . " Whate'er thy lot , whoe'er ...
... Beauty's eye ; To ask - and pause , in hope and fear Till she reply . " A nobler flame shall warm thy breast , A brighter maiden faithful prove ; Thy youth , thy age , shall yet be blessed In Woman's love . " Whate'er thy lot , whoe'er ...
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... beauty and utility . Those Principles , which you then got , like your Grammar Rules , only by Rote , are now , I am persuaded , fixed and confirmed by Reason . And indeed they are so plain and clear , that they require but a very ...
... beauty and utility . Those Principles , which you then got , like your Grammar Rules , only by Rote , are now , I am persuaded , fixed and confirmed by Reason . And indeed they are so plain and clear , that they require but a very ...
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