Reminiscences of Charles Butler, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn: With a Letter to a Lady on Ancient and Modern MusicE. Bliss & E. White, 1824 - 351 pages |
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... never seduced , or was suspected by his professional friends of seducing him , for one mo . ment , from professional duty . M. Teissier , in his ac- count of one of the French jurisconsults noticed in his Elűges , mentions that " he was ...
... never seduced , or was suspected by his professional friends of seducing him , for one mo . ment , from professional duty . M. Teissier , in his ac- count of one of the French jurisconsults noticed in his Elűges , mentions that " he was ...
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... never permitting a bit or scrap of time to be un- employed , have supplied him with an abundance of literary hours . His literary acquisitions are principally owing to the rigid observance of four rules : -to direct his attention to one ...
... never permitting a bit or scrap of time to be un- employed , have supplied him with an abundance of literary hours . His literary acquisitions are principally owing to the rigid observance of four rules : -to direct his attention to one ...
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... never revived , but that the super- eminent merit of Homer buoyed up his strains against the overwhelming waves of time , and restored them to cele- brity . This conjecture receives some countenance from the opinion generally ...
... never revived , but that the super- eminent merit of Homer buoyed up his strains against the overwhelming waves of time , and restored them to cele- brity . This conjecture receives some countenance from the opinion generally ...
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... ? Certainly not to Goldsmith's want of excellence : but the muse of Gray was of a higher order . To use an expres- sion attributed to Dr. Johnson , if she has sometimes the contortions , she has often what Goldsmith never has , 19.
... ? Certainly not to Goldsmith's want of excellence : but the muse of Gray was of a higher order . To use an expres- sion attributed to Dr. Johnson , if she has sometimes the contortions , she has often what Goldsmith never has , 19.
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... never has , the enthusiasm of the Sybil ; and even her ordinary gait shows her divine origin . * The greatest compliment which can be paid to Gray , is to mention his acknow- ledged superiority to Goldsmith . May not something of this ...
... never has , the enthusiasm of the Sybil ; and even her ordinary gait shows her divine origin . * The greatest compliment which can be paid to Gray , is to mention his acknow- ledged superiority to Goldsmith . May not something of this ...
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