Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... example , together with the exquisite sentiment which terminates it , cannot be sufficiently admired . Soliciting the archbishop for retirement from the temple for the purpose of study , he observes , " I have searched many books , and ...
... example , together with the exquisite sentiment which terminates it , cannot be sufficiently admired . Soliciting the archbishop for retirement from the temple for the purpose of study , he observes , " I have searched many books , and ...
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... example : " A strange kind of exploration and peculiar way of rhabdomancy is that which is used in mineral discoveries ; that is , with a forked hazel , commonly called Moses his rod , which freely held forth , will stir and play if any ...
... example : " A strange kind of exploration and peculiar way of rhabdomancy is that which is used in mineral discoveries ; that is , with a forked hazel , commonly called Moses his rod , which freely held forth , will stir and play if any ...
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... example of Milton's style , which breathes all that devotional enthu- siasm , and that high confidence in his own powers , which elevated this great poet so far above the ordinary sons of men , may be selected from his work on the ...
... example of Milton's style , which breathes all that devotional enthu- siasm , and that high confidence in his own powers , which elevated this great poet so far above the ordinary sons of men , may be selected from his work on the ...
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... example , with such delight , to those especially of soft and delicious temper , who will not so much as look upon truth herself , unless they see her elegantly drest ; that whereas the paths of honesty and good life appear how rugged ...
... example , with such delight , to those especially of soft and delicious temper , who will not so much as look upon truth herself , unless they see her elegantly drest ; that whereas the paths of honesty and good life appear how rugged ...
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... example of his usual tone of composition : " Homer was , without dispute , the most uni- versal genius that has been known in the world , and Virgil the most accomplished . To the first must be allowed the most fertile invention , the ...
... example of his usual tone of composition : " Homer was , without dispute , the most uni- versal genius that has been known in the world , and Virgil the most accomplished . To the first must be allowed the most fertile invention , the ...
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