Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... philosophical works . In these , a plain but manly eloquence is often to be found ; and the following passage from his admirable books on the Advancement of Learning , where nume- • Remarks on the Life and Writings of Swift , p . 234 ...
... philosophical works . In these , a plain but manly eloquence is often to be found ; and the following passage from his admirable books on the Advancement of Learning , where nume- • Remarks on the Life and Writings of Swift , p . 234 ...
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... . In the age of Locke , and for half a cen- tury afterwards , his works were justly deemed the purest model of philosophical composition . 1 The customary style of this very valuable writer may be OF ENGLISH STYLE , & c . 73.
... . In the age of Locke , and for half a cen- tury afterwards , his works were justly deemed the purest model of philosophical composition . 1 The customary style of this very valuable writer may be OF ENGLISH STYLE , & c . 73.
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... philosophers . " Sense and precision are here violated , the dogmata of a system being confounded with the persons . who professed them . It should have been " the Peripatetic way , which was founded or esta- blished by a sect of ...
... philosophers . " Sense and precision are here violated , the dogmata of a system being confounded with the persons . who professed them . It should have been " the Peripatetic way , which was founded or esta- blished by a sect of ...
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... philosophical tone , the metaphysical research which distin- guishes the present age ; in fact , that , instead of merely pointing out the beauties and defects of the poem upon which he was commenting , he should have entered at large ...
... philosophical tone , the metaphysical research which distin- guishes the present age ; in fact , that , instead of merely pointing out the beauties and defects of the poem upon which he was commenting , he should have entered at large ...
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... philosophical criticism in our language ; and if due allowance be made , not only for the novelty of the subject , but of the mode of treatment too , deservedly call for distinguished praise . Had the censurers of Addison's mode of ...
... philosophical criticism in our language ; and if due allowance be made , not only for the novelty of the subject , but of the mode of treatment too , deservedly call for distinguished praise . Had the censurers of Addison's mode of ...
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