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Studies in English prose: specimens, with notes, by J. Payne - Page 209
edited by - 1881
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...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...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 the greatest of mankind....
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 pages
...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...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 the greatest of mankind....
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 432 pages
...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...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 the greatest of mankind....
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...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...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 the greatest of mankind....
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - 1809 - 288 pages
...when he describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him of wanting learning, give him the greater commendation : he was...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 the greatest of mankind....
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...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...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 the greatest of mankind....
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 5, Part 1

1809 - 604 pages
...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...read nature ; he looked inwards, and found her there. 1 cannot say he is every where alike ; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 3

Hugh Blair - 1809 - 400 pages
..." than fee it ; you feel it top. They who accufe him of wint*' ing learning, give him the greateft commendation. He was " naturally learned. He needed...the Spectacles of Books to " read Nature. He looked inward, and foun4 her there. I . " cannot iay he is every where alike. Were he fo, I mould E' do him...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pages
...describes any thing, you. more than se,e it, yow feel it too. Those, who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation ; he was...naturally learned ; he needed not the spectacles of booka to read nature ; he looked inwards, and found her there. I cannot say he is every where alike...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 pages
...learning, give him the greater commendation : he was naturally learned: he needed not the sfiectacles of books to read nature •; he looked inwards, and found her there. I cannot say he is every where alike ; were he so, J should do him injury to comfiare him with the greatest of mankind....
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