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" outsteps the modesty of nature/' nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. His figures neither divert by distortion nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity that he can be hardly... "
The Works of Alexander Pope - Página 269
por Alexander Pope - 1822
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The Youth's Progressive Spelling and Reading Book

Richard C. AUSTIN - 1864 - 176 páginas
...is so happily diffused as to give the grace of novelty to domestic scenes and daily occurrences. He never " outsteps the modesty of nature," nor raises...aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity that he can be hardly said to invent : yet his exhibitions have such an air of originality, that it is difficult...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 páginas
..."Is so happily diffused as to give the grace of novelty to domestic scenes and dally occurrences. He never outsteps the modesty of nature, nor raises merriment...truth. His figures neither divert by distortion, nor amuse by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity, that he can hardly be said to lim it; yet...
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The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp].

Robert Kemp Philp - 1866 - 932 páginas
...novelty to domestic scenes and daily occurrences. He never outsteps the ' modesty of nature,' nor excites merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. His...He copies life with so much fidelity, that he can be hardly said to invent; yet his exhibitions have an air so much original, that it is difficult to...
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Lord Bacon's Essays: With a Sketch of His Life and Character, Reviews of His ...

Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 páginas
...is so happily diffused as to give the grace of novelty to domestic scenes and daily occurrences. He never outsteps the modesty of nature nor raises merriment...truth. His figures neither divert by distortion, nor amuse by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity that he can hardly be said to invent ; yet...
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Standard Fifth Reader, Parte2

Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 páginas
...diffused as to give the grace of novelty to domestic scenes and daily occurrences. He never " oversteps the modesty of nature," nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. 2. His figures neither divert by distortion nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity...
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The Standard Fifth Reader: With a New Treatise on Elocution and an ..., Parte2

Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 páginas
...diffused as to give the grace of novelty to domestic scenes and daily occurrences. He never " oversteps the modesty of nature," nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. 2. His figures neither divert by distortion nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity...
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Old Words and Modern Meanings: Being a Collection of Examples from Ancient ...

Thomas Whitcombe Greene - 1876 - 340 páginas
...supposed in a sick, ama2ed, timorous and weak person — J. TAYLOR. AMIARLE AMISS. 9 He [Addison] never raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth ; his figures neither divert by distortion, nor ama2e by aggravation. All the enchantment of fancy and all the cogency of argument are employed to...
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History of English Humour: With an Introduction Upon Ancient Humour, Volumen2

Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1878 - 370 páginas
...a-yawning, though L dare promise you it will never make anybody fall asleep." Johnson observes that Addison never outsteps the modesty of nature, nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. He wrote several essays in the " Spectator" on wit, and condemns much that commonly passes under the...
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History of English Humour: With an Introduction Upon Ancient Humour, Volumen2

Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1878 - 414 páginas
...a-yawning, though I dare promise you it will never make anybody fall asleep." Johnson observes that Addison never outsteps the modesty of nature, nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. He wrote several essays in the " Spectator" on wit, and condemns much that commonly passes under the...
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Johnsoniana: Life, Opinions, and Table-talk of Doctor Johnson

Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 páginas
...diffused as to give the grace of novelty to domestic scenes and daily occurrences. He never "o'ersteps the modesty of Nature," nor raises merriment or wonder...aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity that he can be hardly said to invent; yet his exhibitions have an air so much original that it is difficult to...
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