The Life of Thomas Burgess, D.D.: F.R.S., F.A.S., &c. &c. &c., Late Lord Bishop of SalisburyLongman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1840 - 557 pages |
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... expressed himself greatly indebted for the pains which he took in directing the attention of his pupils to the critical beauties or defects of the authors they read with him . A poet himself of some reputation , and passionately ...
... expressed himself greatly indebted for the pains which he took in directing the attention of his pupils to the critical beauties or defects of the authors they read with him . A poet himself of some reputation , and passionately ...
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... expression on his counte- nance . By way of illustration , some doggerel strains shall be quoted , which I have more than once heard him repeat ; in which one of his comrades passing in review the leading peculiarities of his ...
... expression on his counte- nance . By way of illustration , some doggerel strains shall be quoted , which I have more than once heard him repeat ; in which one of his comrades passing in review the leading peculiarities of his ...
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... expressed by a letter , but by a conventional accent . Each theory may possibly be correct ; that is , each mode may have been practised ; and the supposition would aid , we think , in accounting for the final disuse of the letter . But ...
... expressed by a letter , but by a conventional accent . Each theory may possibly be correct ; that is , each mode may have been practised ; and the supposition would aid , we think , in accounting for the final disuse of the letter . But ...
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... expression with the most diligent atten- tion ; and , as he more correctly imitated the antique than his great contemporary , more successfully ex- pressed its beauties . " - The following passages occur in the latter part of the Essay ...
... expression with the most diligent atten- tion ; and , as he more correctly imitated the antique than his great contemporary , more successfully ex- pressed its beauties . " - The following passages occur in the latter part of the Essay ...
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... expression , or want of versification , which every line gives the lie to ; for if there ever was a poet whose words flowed into verse , or , if I may say so , jumped into their places of their own accord , such is the versification of ...
... expression , or want of versification , which every line gives the lie to ; for if there ever was a poet whose words flowed into verse , or , if I may say so , jumped into their places of their own accord , such is the versification of ...
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