The Literary Miscellany: Including Dissertations and Essays on Subjects of Literature, Science, and Morals; Biographical and Historical Sketches; Critical Remarks on Language; with Occasional Reviews ..., Volume 2W. Hilliard., 1806 |
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Pagina 166
... Aumont and M. d ' Argental . The parents and relations excited all the court against M. Mar- montel , suspected of being the author of this satire , because They he committed the indiscretion to read it at supper 166 LITERARY MISCELLANY .
... Aumont and M. d ' Argental . The parents and relations excited all the court against M. Mar- montel , suspected of being the author of this satire , because They he committed the indiscretion to read it at supper 166 LITERARY MISCELLANY .
Pagina 169
... satire , read in one soci- ety , was soon circulated , and produced great effects , as ridicule was more feared , than any other species of disgrace . Many unlucky wits have been lodged in the Bastile for similar offences . Some idea ...
... satire , read in one soci- ety , was soon circulated , and produced great effects , as ridicule was more feared , than any other species of disgrace . Many unlucky wits have been lodged in the Bastile for similar offences . Some idea ...
Pagina 171
... satire are generally of a nature so evanescent , that after the lapse of a few years the poet becomes unintelligible to his own countrymen without the aid of a commentator . There are indeed vices and follies so deeply rooted in the ...
... satire are generally of a nature so evanescent , that after the lapse of a few years the poet becomes unintelligible to his own countrymen without the aid of a commentator . There are indeed vices and follies so deeply rooted in the ...
Pagina 174
... satire , where he has omitted seven successive lines of the original , having a very apparent connexion with the sub- ject of the satire . The omissions in that satire alone are more than sufficient to fill the half a page , which the ...
... satire , where he has omitted seven successive lines of the original , having a very apparent connexion with the sub- ject of the satire . The omissions in that satire alone are more than sufficient to fill the half a page , which the ...
Pagina 177
... satire we have in the compass of fifteen lines " hear " made to rhyme with care , ' ‚ " " bare " with " spear , " and " heat " with " weight and " freight . " There are many others equally inadmissi- ble ; indeed they are habitual ...
... satire we have in the compass of fifteen lines " hear " made to rhyme with care , ' ‚ " " bare " with " spear , " and " heat " with " weight and " freight . " There are many others equally inadmissi- ble ; indeed they are habitual ...
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