Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... century would find it possible to wade through a thick folio of such composition as this . How- ever distinguished Sir Philip Sidney might be for the manly beauty of his person and the he- roism of his character , his literary ...
... century would find it possible to wade through a thick folio of such composition as this . How- ever distinguished Sir Philip Sidney might be for the manly beauty of his person and the he- roism of his character , his literary ...
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... century , in- deed , the style of Locke will , no doubt , appear imperfect . His sentences , though clear as to their import , are but negligently constructed , and are sometimes totally deficient in modulation . He abounds too in ...
... century , in- deed , the style of Locke will , no doubt , appear imperfect . His sentences , though clear as to their import , are but negligently constructed , and are sometimes totally deficient in modulation . He abounds too in ...
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... century , was little liable to detec- tion when he offered his compositions to the public . On subjects of a dignified and serious cast , or which are decorated with the magic hues of fancy , the style of Addison is uncommonly beautiful ...
... century , was little liable to detec- tion when he offered his compositions to the public . On subjects of a dignified and serious cast , or which are decorated with the magic hues of fancy , the style of Addison is uncommonly beautiful ...
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... criti- cism , and to trace its course to the commencement of the eighteenth century . Little attention had been paid to , and few books of any worth published in English prose , before 120 ON , THE CRITICAL ABILITIES.
... criti- cism , and to trace its course to the commencement of the eighteenth century . Little attention had been paid to , and few books of any worth published in English prose , before 120 ON , THE CRITICAL ABILITIES.
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... century . Those who aspired to the character of learning neglected the vernacular language for the Latin tongue , in which alone they could hope for a vide - extended circulation of their ideas . We may date indeed the first attempt to ...
... century . Those who aspired to the character of learning neglected the vernacular language for the Latin tongue , in which alone they could hope for a vide - extended circulation of their ideas . We may date indeed the first attempt to ...
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