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The R.I. Schoolmaster - Page 77
1858
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Prefaces. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor

William Shakespeare - 1773 - 554 pages
...*' he defcribes ;'.ny thing, you more than fee it, you " feel it too. Thofe, who accufe him to have wanted " learning, give him the greater commendation : he " was naturally learned: he needed not the fpeftacles " of books to read nature; lie looked inwards, and «' found her there. I cannot fay he...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 412 pages
...luckily: When he defcribes any Thing, you more than lee it, you feel it too. Thofe who accufe him to have wanted Learning, give him the greater Commendation:...to read Nature ; he looked inwards, and found her there. I cannot fay he is every where alike ; were he fo I fliould do him Injury to compare him with...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...the Images of Nature were (till pre1 than fee it, you feel it too. Thofe who accufc •' him to have wanted Learning, give him the greater '' Commendation: He was naturally learned: He * fenttohim, tmd he drew.them.not.laborioufly, but •' luckily: When he defcribes any 1 hing, you...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Adventurer. Philological tracts

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 500 pages
...he defcribes any thing, you more tc than fee it, you feel it too. Thofe, who accufc tc him to have wanted learning, give him the greater " commendation: he was naturally learned: he " needed not the fpeftacles of books to read na" rure; he looked inwards, and found her there. *' I cannot fayhe is...
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The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere: With the Notes of All ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...still present to him, and " he drew them not laboriously, but luckily : when " he describes any thing, you more than see it, you " feel it too. Those, who accuse him to have wanted " learning, give him the greater commendation: he *' was naturally learned: he needed not...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: Philological tracts. Political essays ...

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 458 pages
...when he defcribes any thing, you more K than fee it, you feel it too. Thofe, whp accufe " him to have wanted learning, give him the greater " commendation: he was naturally learned : he " needed not the fpedtacles of books to read na" ture; he looked inwards, and found her there. I " cannot fay he is...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections ...

William Shakespeare - 1793 - 860 pages
...luckily: when he dcfcribes any thing, you more than lee it, you feel it too. Thofe, who accufe him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation ; he was naturally learned ; he needed not the fpeciacles of books to read nature ; he looked inwards, and found her there. I cannot fay he is every...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden ..., Volume 1, Issue 2

John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 591 pages
...decisively the wretched taste of the period when he wrote. feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation:...books to read nature; he looked inwards, and found her there. I cannot say he is every where alike; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden, Now First ...

John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 634 pages
...decisively the wretched taste of the period when he wrote. feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation:...books to read nature; he looked inwards, and found her there. I cannot say he is every where alike; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily : when he describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those, who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation; he was naturally learned ; he needed not the...
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