The works of Horatio Walpole, earl of Orford (1798)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Vertue, George, 1684-1756, Berry, Mary, 1763-1852, Edwards, James, 1757-1816, G. G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England) · London : Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson ... and J. Edwards ... · leaf 266
niusof the firft force, whofe fame dilates with ages, and can buoy itfelf up abovethe indifference which fleals upon mankind, as an author becomes lefs andlefs the fubjecl: of conve rfatioiio Speculative writers, however penetrating,however fublime their tal ents, feldom attain the feal of… … FUGITIVE PIECES. 231 Poetry and eloquence have been fo far perfected, that the great mailers inthofc branches jftill remain unequalled. But where is that book of humanargumentation, where that fyftem of human opinions, which has not beenpartly confuted or exploded ? Novelty itfelf in matters of…
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