The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Broome, Pope, Pitt, ThomsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... less erroneously , than a judge who should resolve to acquit a person , whether innocent or guilty , who comes before him upon his trial . It is frequent for the partial critic to praise the work as he likes the author ; he admires a ...
... less erroneously , than a judge who should resolve to acquit a person , whether innocent or guilty , who comes before him upon his trial . It is frequent for the partial critic to praise the work as he likes the author ; he admires a ...
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... less virtue than his adversary ? and , though he be a better critic , yet proves himself to be a worse man ? Besides , no one is to be envied the skill in finding such faults as others are so dull as to mistake for beauties . What ...
... less virtue than his adversary ? and , though he be a better critic , yet proves himself to be a worse man ? Besides , no one is to be envied the skill in finding such faults as others are so dull as to mistake for beauties . What ...
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... less sweet , thyself less fair ! Then sudden , by a swift decay , Let all thy beauties fade away ; And let her in thy glass descry , How youth , and how frail beauty die . Ah ! turn , my charmer , turn thy eyes ! See ! how at once it ...
... less sweet , thyself less fair ! Then sudden , by a swift decay , Let all thy beauties fade away ; And let her in thy glass descry , How youth , and how frail beauty die . Ah ! turn , my charmer , turn thy eyes ! See ! how at once it ...
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... less warming , Next morn , he thinks the bride less charming He says , nay swears , " My wife grows old in One single month ; " then falls to scolding , " What , madam , gadding every day ! Up to your room ! there stitch , or pray ...
... less warming , Next morn , he thinks the bride less charming He says , nay swears , " My wife grows old in One single month ; " then falls to scolding , " What , madam , gadding every day ! Up to your room ! there stitch , or pray ...
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... less , when gods conflicting cope in fight ! Now Heaven its foes with horrid inroad gores , And slow and sour recede the giant powers : 2 ? Egeon , Cottus , Gyges . Tarde , quid cessas ? tibi multa virgo Splendidos lædit 40 BROOME'S POEMS ,
... less , when gods conflicting cope in fight ! Now Heaven its foes with horrid inroad gores , And slow and sour recede the giant powers : 2 ? Egeon , Cottus , Gyges . Tarde , quid cessas ? tibi multa virgo Splendidos lædit 40 BROOME'S POEMS ,
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