The Philadelphia Book: Or, Specimens of Metropolitan LiteratureKey & Biddle, 1836 - 380 páginas |
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... person in London , who , by his neglect , will suffer another to claim and obtain the hon- our of the invention ; so that the improved instrument , THE PHILADELPHIA BOOK ; OR SPECIMENS OF METROPOLITAN LITERATURE . THE PHILADELPHIA BOOK .
... person in London , who , by his neglect , will suffer another to claim and obtain the hon- our of the invention ; so that the improved instrument , THE PHILADELPHIA BOOK ; OR SPECIMENS OF METROPOLITAN LITERATURE . THE PHILADELPHIA BOOK .
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... person in London , who , by his neglect , will suffer another to claim and obtain the hon- our of the invention ; so that the improved instrument , which should be called Godfrey's will be known by the THE PHILADELPHIA BOOK . 15.
... person in London , who , by his neglect , will suffer another to claim and obtain the hon- our of the invention ; so that the improved instrument , which should be called Godfrey's will be known by the THE PHILADELPHIA BOOK . 15.
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... person of suf- ficient sagacity to discover and to describe what is beauti- ful , and so impartial as to disregard vulgar prejudices , should guide the public taste , and raise merit from obscu- rity . Without arrogating to myself these ...
... person of suf- ficient sagacity to discover and to describe what is beauti- ful , and so impartial as to disregard vulgar prejudices , should guide the public taste , and raise merit from obscu- rity . Without arrogating to myself these ...
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... persons . I cannot help accounting it , too , as a cir- cumstance honourable to the genius of the poet , that he does not in his opening call upon the muse . This is an error into which Homer and almost all the epic writers after him ...
... persons . I cannot help accounting it , too , as a cir- cumstance honourable to the genius of the poet , that he does not in his opening call upon the muse . This is an error into which Homer and almost all the epic writers after him ...
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... we are told , Jack and Gill Went up a hill . Here the imagery is distinct , yet the description concise . We instantly figure to ourselves the two persons travel- ling up an ascent , which we may accomodate to 22 THE PHILADELPHIA BOOK .
... we are told , Jack and Gill Went up a hill . Here the imagery is distinct , yet the description concise . We instantly figure to ourselves the two persons travel- ling up an ascent , which we may accomodate to 22 THE PHILADELPHIA BOOK .
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