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Pagina iv
... tion of the greater part of the Fourth Georgic upon Bees ; after which , fays Dryden , my latter fwarm is hardly worth the biving . About the fame time he compofed the arguments prefixed to the several books of Dryden's Virgil ; and ...
... tion of the greater part of the Fourth Georgic upon Bees ; after which , fays Dryden , my latter fwarm is hardly worth the biving . About the fame time he compofed the arguments prefixed to the several books of Dryden's Virgil ; and ...
Pagina ix
... tion , that he was forced to appease him by a promile of forbearing Sir Roger for the time to come . Of effays thus elegant , thus instructive , and thus commodiously diftributed , it is natural to fuppofe the approbation general and ...
... tion , that he was forced to appease him by a promile of forbearing Sir Roger for the time to come . Of effays thus elegant , thus instructive , and thus commodiously diftributed , it is natural to fuppofe the approbation general and ...
Pagina xviii
... tion of literary character , above all Greek , above all Roman fame . No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleafure , feparated mirth from indecency , and wit from licentioufnefs ; of having ...
... tion of literary character , above all Greek , above all Roman fame . No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleafure , feparated mirth from indecency , and wit from licentioufnefs ; of having ...
Pagina xix
... tion from difpofitions inherent in the mind of man , with skill and elegance , fuch as his contem- ners will not eafily attain . As a defcriber of life and manners , he must be allowed h allowed to ftand perhaps the firft of the first ...
... tion from difpofitions inherent in the mind of man , with skill and elegance , fuch as his contem- ners will not eafily attain . As a defcriber of life and manners , he must be allowed h allowed to ftand perhaps the firft of the first ...
Pagina 23
... tion of wit and fenfe than honesty and virtue . But this unhappy affectation of being wife rather than honeft , witty than good - natur'd , is the fource of most of the ill habits of life . Such falfe impreffions are owing to the ...
... tion of wit and fenfe than honesty and virtue . But this unhappy affectation of being wife rather than honeft , witty than good - natur'd , is the fource of most of the ill habits of life . Such falfe impreffions are owing to the ...
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