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... perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of ...
... perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of ...
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... perhaps in grossness of expression , but useful to those who know their value , and such as , when they are expanded to perspicuity , and polished to ele gance , may give lustre to works , which have more propriety , though less ...
... perhaps in grossness of expression , but useful to those who know their value , and such as , when they are expanded to perspicuity , and polished to ele gance , may give lustre to works , which have more propriety , though less ...
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Alexander Chalmers. On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps cry out - Confusion worse confounded . Here lies a she Sun , and a he Moon here , She gives the best light to his sphere , Or each is both , and all , and so ...
Alexander Chalmers. On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps cry out - Confusion worse confounded . Here lies a she Sun , and a he Moon here , She gives the best light to his sphere , Or each is both , and all , and so ...
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Alexander Chalmers. Their expressions sometimes raise horrour , when they intend perhaps to be pa- thetic . As men in Hell are from diseases free , So from all other ills am I , Free from their known formality : But all pains eminently ...
Alexander Chalmers. Their expressions sometimes raise horrour , when they intend perhaps to be pa- thetic . As men in Hell are from diseases free , So from all other ills am I , Free from their known formality : But all pains eminently ...
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... perhaps of all the writers of the metaphysical race , is that of pursuing his thoughts to the last ramifications , by which he loses the grandeur of generality ; for of the greatest things the parts are little ; what is little can be ...
... perhaps of all the writers of the metaphysical race , is that of pursuing his thoughts to the last ramifications , by which he loses the grandeur of generality ; for of the greatest things the parts are little ; what is little can be ...
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