A Journal of a Voyage to LisbonJ. Wenman, 1785 - 149 páginas |
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... fhould come into your hands as it came from the hands of the author ; it being judged that you would be bet- ter pleased to have an opportunity of observing the fainteft traces of a genius you have long ad- mired , than have it patched ...
... fhould come into your hands as it came from the hands of the author ; it being judged that you would be bet- ter pleased to have an opportunity of observing the fainteft traces of a genius you have long ad- mired , than have it patched ...
Página vi
... fhould have feen much , but that he should have overlooked much of what he hath feen . Nature is not , any more than a great genius , always admirable in her productions , and there- fore the traveller , who may be called her com ...
... fhould have feen much , but that he should have overlooked much of what he hath feen . Nature is not , any more than a great genius , always admirable in her productions , and there- fore the traveller , who may be called her com ...
Página vii
... fhould poffefs feveral eminent and rare talents ; fo rare , indeed , that it is almoft wonderful to fee them ever united in the fame perfon . And if all thefe talents must concur in the relator , they are certainly in a more eminent de ...
... fhould poffefs feveral eminent and rare talents ; fo rare , indeed , that it is almoft wonderful to fee them ever united in the fame perfon . And if all thefe talents must concur in the relator , they are certainly in a more eminent de ...
Página viii
Henry Fielding. frange , if fuch writers as thefe fhould be found extremely common ; fince nature hath been a moft parfimonious diftributer of her richest ta- lents , and hath feldom beftowed many on the fame perfon . But on the other ...
Henry Fielding. frange , if fuch writers as thefe fhould be found extremely common ; fince nature hath been a moft parfimonious diftributer of her richest ta- lents , and hath feldom beftowed many on the fame perfon . But on the other ...
Página ix
... fhould have honoured and loved Homer more had he written a true history of his own times in humble profe , than thofe noble poems that have fo juftly collected the praise of all ages ; for though I read thefe with more ad- miration and ...
... fhould have honoured and loved Homer more had he written a true history of his own times in humble profe , than thofe noble poems that have fo juftly collected the praise of all ages ; for though I read thefe with more ad- miration and ...
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