Curiosities of LiteratureBaudry, 1835 - 447 páginas |
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... given us some , not of the high- est value : which , however , have proved very useful , serv- ing as a test to show the pedantry of those who adore anti- quity not from true feeling , but from traditional prejudice . One reason ...
... given us some , not of the high- est value : which , however , have proved very useful , serv- ing as a test to show the pedantry of those who adore anti- quity not from true feeling , but from traditional prejudice . One reason ...
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... given over for lost ! This anecdote is told by Colomiés , who long re- -sided , and died in this country . An original Magna Char- ta is preserved in the Cottonian library ; It exhibits marks of dilapidation , but whether from the ...
... given over for lost ! This anecdote is told by Colomiés , who long re- -sided , and died in this country . An original Magna Char- ta is preserved in the Cottonian library ; It exhibits marks of dilapidation , but whether from the ...
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... given of him by Virgil and Varius ; that Fundanius and Pollio , are still valued by what Horace says of them ; and that in their golden age , there was a good understanding among the ingenious , and those who were the most esteemed were ...
... given of him by Virgil and Varius ; that Fundanius and Pollio , are still valued by what Horace says of them ; and that in their golden age , there was a good understanding among the ingenious , and those who were the most esteemed were ...
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... given to ease , and had a mighty share of vanity and ambition . Neither do I know how to excuse him for thinking his poetry fit to be published . ' Tis no great imperfection to write ill verses : but it is an imperfection not to be able ...
... given to ease , and had a mighty share of vanity and ambition . Neither do I know how to excuse him for thinking his poetry fit to be published . ' Tis no great imperfection to write ill verses : but it is an imperfection not to be able ...
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... given to the ancients , or the mo- derns . The controversy of Perrault and Boileau makes a considerable figure in French literature ; the last of whom said that the ancients had been moderns , but that it was by no means clear the ...
... given to the ancients , or the mo- derns . The controversy of Perrault and Boileau makes a considerable figure in French literature ; the last of whom said that the ancients had been moderns , but that it was by no means clear the ...
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