The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 56Tobias George Smollett W. Simpkin and R. Marshall., 1783 - English literature Each number includes a classified "Monthly catalogue." |
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... original is rendered by a peculiar felicity of expreffion , as well as with harmony and energy . Aut famam fequere aut convenientia finge Scriptor ' is happily tranflated- Follow the voice of fame ; or , if you feign , The fabled plan ...
... original is rendered by a peculiar felicity of expreffion , as well as with harmony and energy . Aut famam fequere aut convenientia finge Scriptor ' is happily tranflated- Follow the voice of fame ; or , if you feign , The fabled plan ...
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... original writers are always the most eminent for it . This happens , continues he , from a plain reafon , that they wrote from the dictates of natural genius , and were not formed upon the labours and writings of others , which is ...
... original writers are always the most eminent for it . This happens , continues he , from a plain reafon , that they wrote from the dictates of natural genius , and were not formed upon the labours and writings of others , which is ...
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... original , and an air of burlefque is too often confpicuous . In the following paffage , the victorious Briton is defcribed as picking to the fortified rocks : Quam fibi ricinæ vario certamine gentes Qualierant , victor pridem , fedet ...
... original , and an air of burlefque is too often confpicuous . In the following paffage , the victorious Briton is defcribed as picking to the fortified rocks : Quam fibi ricinæ vario certamine gentes Qualierant , victor pridem , fedet ...
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