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" He is indeed a careless writer for the most part ; but where shall we find in any of those authors who finish their works with the exactness of a Flemish pencil, those bold and daring strokes of fancy, those numbers so hazardously ventured upon and so... "
The Monthly review. New and improved ser - Page 384
1804
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New General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 6

Hugh James Rose - Biography - 1848 - 532 pages
...part ; but where shall we find in any of those authors, who finish their works with the exactness of n Flemish pencil, those bold and daring strokes of fancy,...ventured upon, and so happily finished, the matter so compressée!, and yet so clear, and the colouring so sparingly laid on, and yet with such a beautiful...
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The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now First ...

William Cowper - English poetry - 1851 - 790 pages
...for the most part, but where shall we find, in any of those authors who finish their works with the exactness of a Flemish pencil, those bold and daring...the matter so compressed and yet so clear, and the coloring so sparingly laid on and yet with such a beautiful effect? In short, it is not his least praise...
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The Works of Cowper and Thomson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never ...

William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...numbers so hazardously ventured upon, and so happily finished, the matter so compressed, and yet eo DV\ T 8 V V 8 C S c B = >L 8;zE s N r Z$ UÀN "}l { ? 1 In short, it is not his least praise that he is never guilty of those faults as a writer which he...
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A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 5

George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 518 pages
...for the most part ; but where shall we find in any of those authors, who finish their works with the exactness of a Flemish pencil, those bold and daring...with such a beautiful effect ? In short, it is not the least praise that he is never guilty of those faults as a writer, which he lays to the charge of...
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The Home friend, a weekly miscellany of amusement and instruction, Volume 3

Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 644 pages
...part ; but where shall we find in any of those authors who finish their works with the exactness of $& a Flemish pencil, those bold and daring strokes of...clear, and the colouring so sparingly laid on, and yet such a beautiful effect? In short, it is not his least praise that he is never guilty of those faults...
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A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 5

George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 516 pages
...for the most part ; but where shall we find in any of those authors, who finish their works with the exactness of a Flemish pencil, those bold and daring...fancy, those numbers so hazardously ventured upon, and »о happily finished, the matter so compressed and yet so clear, and the colouring so sparingly laid...
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The Works of William Cowper, Volume 3

William Cowper - 1854 - 524 pages
...for the most part ; but where shall we find in any of those authors who finish their works with the exactness of a Flemish pencil, those bold and daring...clear, and the colouring so sparingly laid on, and yet witli such a beautiful effect ? In short, it is not his least praise that he is never guilty of those...
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The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill: With Copious Notes and a ..., Volume 1

Charles Churchill, William Tooke - English poetry - 1854 - 380 pages
...for the most part ; but where shall we find, in any of those authors who finish their works with the exactness of a Flemish pencil, those bold and daring...clear, and the colouring so sparingly laid on, and yet witB such a beautiful effect ? In short, it is not his least praise that he is never guilty of those...
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The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill: With Copious Notes and a ..., Volume 1

Charles Churchill, William Tooke - English poetry - 1854 - 386 pages
...for the most part ; bnt where shall we find, in any of those anthors who finish their works with the exactness of a Flemish pencil, those bold and daring strokes of fancy, those nnmbers so hazardonsly ventnred npon and so happily finished, the matter so compressed and yet so clear,...
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Daniel De Foe and Charles Churchill

John Forster - 1855 - 286 pages
...hazardously ventured upon, and so happily finished ; its matter so compressed, and yet so clear ; its colouring so sparingly laid 'on, and yet with such a beautiful effect." We would have added largely to the quotations already given (p. 88) from this poem, and regret that...
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