 ... who had heard of his talents. I hope I shall not be thought to assume too much, if I endeavour to place him in a higher point of view, to call for a verdict of his country on the merit of his works, and to claim for him those honours which their excellence...  The Lounger - Page 2661788 - 314 lehteFull view - About this book
 | 1786 - 508 lehte
...thofe who had heard of his talents. I hope I {hall not be thought to aflume too much, if lendeavourto place him in a higher point' of view, to call for a yerdiel of his country on the merit of his works, and to claim for him thofe honours which their excellence... | |
 | 1787 - 712 lehte
...obtain a little fame from thofe who had heard ef his talents. I hope 1 fhall not be thought to alTume too much, if I endeavour to place him in a higher point of view, to call for a verdidl of his country on the merit of his works, and to claim for him thofe honours which their excellence... | |
 | 1788 - 330 lehte
...obtain a little fame from thofe who had heard of his talents. I hope I fhall not be thought to affume too much, if I endeavour to place him in a higher point of view, to call for a verdift of his country on the merit of his works, and to claim for him thofe honours which their excellence... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1793 - 420 lehte
...thofe who had heaid of his talents — It is to be hoped, I do hot affume too much, if I tndeavour to place him in a higher point of view ; to call for a verdift of his country, on the merit of his works, and to claim fcr him thofe honours vs hich their... | |
 | 1794 - 466 lehte
...Scotland, with no other ambition, it would feem, than to circulate among the inhabitants of the country where he was born, to obtain a little fame from thofe...circumftance of his humble ftation, I mean not to reft his pretenfions folely N° 97. THELOUNGE R. 399 folely on that title, or to urge the merits of his poetry... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 356 lehte
...obtain a little fame from those who had heard of his talents. I hope I shall not be thought to assume too much, if I endeavour to place him in a higher...country on the merit of his works, and to claim for him those honours which their excellence appears to deserve. In mentioning the circumstance of his humble... | |
 | 1823 - 354 lehte
...obtain a little fame from those who had heard of his talents. I hope I shall not be thought to assume too much, if I endeavour to place him in a higher...country on the merit of his works, and to claim for him those honours which their excellence appears to deserve. Some of his productions, however, especially... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 802 lehte
...obtain a little fame from those who had heard of his talents. I hope I shall not be thought to assume too much, if I endeavour to place him in a higher...country on the merit of his works, and to claim for him those honours which their excellence appears to deserve. In mentioning the circumstance of his humble... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 lehte
...circulation and reputation of his poems,• " I hope," said The Lounger, " I shall not be thought to assume too much, if I endeavour to place him in a higher...view, to call for a verdict of his country on the merits of his works, and to claim for him those honours which their •excellence appears to deserve.... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1828 - 324 lehte
...circulation and reputation of his poems,* " I hope," said The Lounger, " I shall not be thought to assume too much, if I endeavour to place him in a higher...view, to call for a verdict of his country on the merits of his works; and to claim for him those honours which their excellence appears to deserve.... | |
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