The Spectator. ...John Bell, 1776 |
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... writing . Be that as it will , the blind Tirefias was not more famous in Greece , than this dumb artist has been for fome years laft paft , in the cities of London and Westminster . Thus much for the profound gentle- man who honours me ...
... writing . Be that as it will , the blind Tirefias was not more famous in Greece , than this dumb artist has been for fome years laft paft , in the cities of London and Westminster . Thus much for the profound gentle- man who honours me ...
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... writers have been guilty of this . fault . It is obferved of Tully in particular , that his works run very much in the firft perfon , and that he takes all occafions of doing himself justice . Does he think , fays Brutus , that his ...
... writers have been guilty of this . fault . It is obferved of Tully in particular , that his works run very much in the firft perfon , and that he takes all occafions of doing himself justice . Does he think , fays Brutus , that his ...
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... writing with the name of an Egotifm ; a figure not to be found among the ancient rhetoricians . The most violent egotifm which I have met with in the course of my reading , is that of Cardinal Wolfey , Ego et Rex meus , I and my King ...
... writing with the name of an Egotifm ; a figure not to be found among the ancient rhetoricians . The most violent egotifm which I have met with in the course of my reading , is that of Cardinal Wolfey , Ego et Rex meus , I and my King ...
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... writer never to speak of himself , unless there be fomething very confi- derable in his character ? Though I am fenfible this rule will be of little ufe in the world , because there is no man who fancies his thoughts worth publish- ing ...
... writer never to speak of himself , unless there be fomething very confi- derable in his character ? Though I am fenfible this rule will be of little ufe in the world , because there is no man who fancies his thoughts worth publish- ing ...
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... writing which want to be filled up , and which for that reafon are called blank spaces , as of right appertaining to our family : For I confider myfelf as the Lord of a manor , who lays his claim to all waftes or fpots of ground that ...
... writing which want to be filled up , and which for that reafon are called blank spaces , as of right appertaining to our family : For I confider myfelf as the Lord of a manor , who lays his claim to all waftes or fpots of ground that ...
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