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From such remarks proceeded that great number of sententious distichs which
have passed into conversation, and are added as proverbial axioms to the
general stock of practical knowledge. When any work has been viewed and
admired, ...
From such remarks proceeded that great number of sententious distichs which
have passed into conversation, and are added as proverbial axioms to the
general stock of practical knowledge. When any work has been viewed and
admired, ...
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He was of such consideration, that his remarks were circulated and recorded. ... If
there appear no extraordinary liveliness in this remark, yet its reception proves
the speaker to have been a celebrated wit, to have had a name which the men of
...
He was of such consideration, that his remarks were circulated and recorded. ... If
there appear no extraordinary liveliness in this remark, yet its reception proves
the speaker to have been a celebrated wit, to have had a name which the men of
...
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His addiction to tobacco is mentioned by one of his biographers, who remarks
that in all his writings, except Blenheim, he has found an opportunity of
celebrating the fragrant fume. In common life he was probably one of those who
please by ...
His addiction to tobacco is mentioned by one of his biographers, who remarks
that in all his writings, except Blenheim, he has found an opportunity of
celebrating the fragrant fume. In common life he was probably one of those who
please by ...
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Clifford's remarks, by the favour of Dr. Percy, were at last obtained ; and, that no
man may ever want them more, I will extract enough to satisfy all reasonable
desire. In the first Letter his observation is only general : " You do live," says he, ...
Clifford's remarks, by the favour of Dr. Percy, were at last obtained ; and, that no
man may ever want them more, I will extract enough to satisfy all reasonable
desire. In the first Letter his observation is only general : " You do live," says he, ...
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Spence, in his remarks on Pope's Odyssey, produces what he thinks an
unconquerable quotation from Dryden's preface to the iEneid, in favour of
translating an epick poem into blank verse ; but he forgets that when his author
attempted the ...
Spence, in his remarks on Pope's Odyssey, produces what he thinks an
unconquerable quotation from Dryden's preface to the iEneid, in favour of
translating an epick poem into blank verse ; but he forgets that when his author
attempted the ...
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