A Journal of a Voyage to LisbonJ. Wenman, 1785 - 149 páginas |
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Página iv
... hath left behind , will , no doubt , be a motive to encourage its circulation through the kingdom , which will engage every future genius to exert itself for your pleasure . THE ள் e , THE PREFACE . T HERE would not [ iv ]
... hath left behind , will , no doubt , be a motive to encourage its circulation through the kingdom , which will engage every future genius to exert itself for your pleasure . THE ள் e , THE PREFACE . T HERE would not [ iv ]
Página vi
... 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- mentator , fhould not expect to find every where fubjects worthy of his notice ...
... 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- mentator , fhould not expect to find every where fubjects worthy of his notice ...
Página vii
... hath therefore that active paffion con- ftantly employed in its fervice . This , indeed , it is in the power of every traveller to gratify ; but it is the leading principle in weak minds only . To render his relation agreeable to the ...
... hath therefore that active paffion con- ftantly employed in its fervice . This , indeed , it is in the power of every traveller to gratify ; but it is the leading principle in weak minds only . To render his relation agreeable to the ...
Página viii
... hath been a moft parfimonious diftributer of her richest ta- lents , and hath feldom beftowed many on the fame perfon . But on the other hand , why there should fcarce exift a fingle writer of this kind , worthy our regard ; and whilft ...
... hath been a moft parfimonious diftributer of her richest ta- lents , and hath feldom beftowed many on the fame perfon . But on the other hand , why there should fcarce exift a fingle writer of this kind , worthy our regard ; and whilft ...
Página xiii
... hath its foundation in truth , as I do feri- ously aver is the cafe in the enfuing pages ; and when it is fo , a good critic will be fo far from denying all kind of ornament of stile or diction , or even of circumftance to his author ...
... hath its foundation in truth , as I do feri- ously aver is the cafe in the enfuing pages ; and when it is fo , a good critic will be fo far from denying all kind of ornament of stile or diction , or even of circumftance to his author ...
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