Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... composition assumed some degree of polish and grammatical precision ; to trace it thence in all its ameliorations to the pages of Addison , and , after dwelling at some length upon this elegant author , to continue the research , in a ...
... composition assumed some degree of polish and grammatical precision ; to trace it thence in all its ameliorations to the pages of Addison , and , after dwelling at some length upon this elegant author , to continue the research , in a ...
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... composition an air of barbarous and pedantic : stiffness . These defects , the natural consequence , per- haps , of a peculiar state of literature , must for ever preclude the authors of Elizabeth's reign- from being deemed models of ...
... composition an air of barbarous and pedantic : stiffness . These defects , the natural consequence , per- haps , of a peculiar state of literature , must for ever preclude the authors of Elizabeth's reign- from being deemed models of ...
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... composition of a romance , which , under the appellation of Arcadia , was published in 1590 , about four years after his decease . Sir Philip was the most elegant and accom- plished character of his day ; as a soldier and ' a scholar he ...
... composition of a romance , which , under the appellation of Arcadia , was published in 1590 , about four years after his decease . Sir Philip was the most elegant and accom- plished character of his day ; as a soldier and ' a scholar he ...
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... 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 productions are unfortunately remarkable for little else than their feebleness ...
... 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 productions are unfortunately remarkable for little else than their feebleness ...
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... composition , the venerable HOOKER claims the highest station among the writers of Elizabeth's reign . If his language abound too much in inversions , it yet possesses a dignity and force , and in general an attention to grammatical ...
... composition , the venerable HOOKER claims the highest station among the writers of Elizabeth's reign . If his language abound too much in inversions , it yet possesses a dignity and force , and in general an attention to grammatical ...
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