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... modern well - wrought tale of witchcraft or apparitions , which are more con- nected with the faith that we profess ; and even these had more effect , I dare believe , with our ancestors than with us . The taste which all mankind ...
... modern well - wrought tale of witchcraft or apparitions , which are more con- nected with the faith that we profess ; and even these had more effect , I dare believe , with our ancestors than with us . The taste which all mankind ...
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... sary adjuncts . Here a relief from sorrow , or expected sorrow , is a powerful instrument . Thus Goldsmith , who in the tender excels al- most every modern writer : 1 " Forbid it Heaven , the hermit cried , " THE PATHETIC . 45.
... sary adjuncts . Here a relief from sorrow , or expected sorrow , is a powerful instrument . Thus Goldsmith , who in the tender excels al- most every modern writer : 1 " Forbid it Heaven , the hermit cried , " THE PATHETIC . 45.
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... modern critics . " - OGILVIE . The em- barrassment of this sentence would have been entirely avoided , by inserting the words one of the first a second time , which probably an ap- prehension of offending the ear prevented . The cases ...
... modern critics . " - OGILVIE . The em- barrassment of this sentence would have been entirely avoided , by inserting the words one of the first a second time , which probably an ap- prehension of offending the ear prevented . The cases ...
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... modern authors , and observe their different applications . The ori- ginal sense is not always a certain guide in the use of common words ; though , if nicely at- tended to , it will sometimes help us to the rea- sons of their ...
... modern authors , and observe their different applications . The ori- ginal sense is not always a certain guide in the use of common words ; though , if nicely at- tended to , it will sometimes help us to the rea- sons of their ...
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... modern critic , the author does not certainly mean that all the wit in the world is actually exerted against the person he addresses ; and therefore he should have expressed himself thus : " You ought to despise all the wit , however ...
... modern critic , the author does not certainly mean that all the wit in the world is actually exerted against the person he addresses ; and therefore he should have expressed himself thus : " You ought to despise all the wit , however ...
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