Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... fome Account of the LIFE and WRITINGS of the AUTHOR , By Mr. T ICKEL L. VOLUME the FIRST . LONDON : Printed for J. and R. TONSON and S. DRAPER in the Strand . M DCC LIII . To the RIGHT HONOURABLE JAMES CRAGGS , Efq ; His MISCELLANEOUS.
... fome Account of the LIFE and WRITINGS of the AUTHOR , By Mr. T ICKEL L. VOLUME the FIRST . LONDON : Printed for J. and R. TONSON and S. DRAPER in the Strand . M DCC LIII . To the RIGHT HONOURABLE JAMES CRAGGS , Efq ; His MISCELLANEOUS.
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... first fashioned by the ancient models , and familiarised to propriety of thought , and chastity of ftyle . Our country owes it to him , that the famous Monfieur Boileau firft con- ceived an opinion of the English ge- nius for Poetry ...
... first fashioned by the ancient models , and familiarised to propriety of thought , and chastity of ftyle . Our country owes it to him , that the famous Monfieur Boileau firft con- ceived an opinion of the English ge- nius for Poetry ...
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... first English performance made public by him , is a fhort copy of verfes to Mr. Dryden , with a view particularly to his tranflations . This was foon follow- ed by a verfion of the fourth Georgic of Virgil , of which Mr. Dryden makes ...
... first English performance made public by him , is a fhort copy of verfes to Mr. Dryden , with a view particularly to his tranflations . This was foon follow- ed by a verfion of the fourth Georgic of Virgil , of which Mr. Dryden makes ...
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... ago . Next to perfonal conversation with the writers themselves , this is the fureft way of coming at their fense ; a compendious and engaging kind of of criticism , which convinces at first fight , and xii The PREFACE .
... ago . Next to perfonal conversation with the writers themselves , this is the fureft way of coming at their fense ; a compendious and engaging kind of of criticism , which convinces at first fight , and xii The PREFACE .
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Joseph Addison. of criticism , which convinces at first fight , and fhews the vanity of conjectures , made by antiquaries at a distance . If the knowledge of polite literature has its ufe , there is certainly a merit in illuftrating the ...
Joseph Addison. of criticism , which convinces at first fight , and fhews the vanity of conjectures , made by antiquaries at a distance . If the knowledge of polite literature has its ufe , there is certainly a merit in illuftrating the ...
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