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It was , ” he said , “ a love match on both sides ; ” and , judging from the
description of their persons , we must suppose that the passion was not in{ pired
by the beauties of form , or graces va of manner , but by a mutual admiration of [
40 ] be ...
It was , ” he said , “ a love match on both sides ; ” and , judging from the
description of their persons , we must suppose that the passion was not in{ pired
by the beauties of form , or graces va of manner , but by a mutual admiration of [
40 ] be ...
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He who has never delighted in the filent beauties of creation , can feel no
emotions , as they are reflected to him in description . Accustomed to dogmatize
in his closet , and swelter in some alley in the city , Johnson ' s mind never
throbbed with ...
He who has never delighted in the filent beauties of creation , can feel no
emotions , as they are reflected to him in description . Accustomed to dogmatize
in his closet , and swelter in some alley in the city , Johnson ' s mind never
throbbed with ...
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None of his writings have been so extensively diffused over Europe . Such a
reception demonstrates great beauties in the work ; and there is no doubt that
great beauties do exist there . The language enchants us with harmony ; the
arguments ...
None of his writings have been so extensively diffused over Europe . Such a
reception demonstrates great beauties in the work ; and there is no doubt that
great beauties do exist there . The language enchants us with harmony ; the
arguments ...
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They have no particular method , no display of genius , and no beauties that
should characterize the man under whose name they appear . They have nothing
that might not have been produced by any man of plain common sense .
They have no particular method , no display of genius , and no beauties that
should characterize the man under whose name they appear . They have nothing
that might not have been produced by any man of plain common sense .
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As an alloy to the beauties of this pasfage , impartial criticism is compelled to turn
to another , which is surely little short of nonsense , and well worthy of a place in
the treatise of “ Scriblerus . ” Oft have I rag ' d , when their wide - wasting cannon
...
As an alloy to the beauties of this pasfage , impartial criticism is compelled to turn
to another , which is surely little short of nonsense , and well worthy of a place in
the treatise of “ Scriblerus . ” Oft have I rag ' d , when their wide - wasting cannon
...
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