Literary Hours, Or Sketches Critical and Narrative,J. Burkitt, 1800 - English literature |
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... merits not a serious refutation ; every day's experience must con- vince the man of observation , that our happi- ness depends upon the cultivation of our social duties , upon the nurture of humanity and benevolence , that our crimes ...
... merits not a serious refutation ; every day's experience must con- vince the man of observation , that our happi- ness depends upon the cultivation of our social duties , upon the nurture of humanity and benevolence , that our crimes ...
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... fertile . imagination , and is rendered interesting to every reader by the vein of pathetic sentiment which pervades the whole . As an appropriate specimen of the elegant versification and supe- rior merits of 16 NO . XXII . LITERARY.
... fertile . imagination , and is rendered interesting to every reader by the vein of pathetic sentiment which pervades the whole . As an appropriate specimen of the elegant versification and supe- rior merits of 16 NO . XXII . LITERARY.
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Nathan Drake. specimen of the elegant versification and supe- rior merits of this production , I shall quote his description of the two islands of the lake . The first delineates that on which the Priory had anciently stood , and then ...
Nathan Drake. specimen of the elegant versification and supe- rior merits of this production , I shall quote his description of the two islands of the lake . The first delineates that on which the Priory had anciently stood , and then ...
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... merit , and strongly impress the imagination . Ossian and his immediate successors seem to have paid . very accurate attention to the phænomena of the long nights in Autumn , and which , in the north of Europe , abound with objects ...
... merit , and strongly impress the imagination . Ossian and his immediate successors seem to have paid . very accurate attention to the phænomena of the long nights in Autumn , and which , in the north of Europe , abound with objects ...
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... merit of lyric poetry , it might justly be deemed the most worthless of all the branches of literature , and entirely dependent on mere melifluence of cadence ; on the contrary , however , it will probably be admitted that those ...
... merit of lyric poetry , it might justly be deemed the most worthless of all the branches of literature , and entirely dependent on mere melifluence of cadence ; on the contrary , however , it will probably be admitted that those ...
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