The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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Page 14
... manner very beautifully described in the characters of Horace , Pitro- nius , Quintilian , and Longinus , as they are drawn in the effay of which I am now speaking . Since I have mentioned Longinus , who in his reflexions has given us ...
... manner very beautifully described in the characters of Horace , Pitro- nius , Quintilian , and Longinus , as they are drawn in the effay of which I am now speaking . Since I have mentioned Longinus , who in his reflexions has given us ...
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take notice , that our English Author has after the fame manner exemplified feveral of his precepts in the very pre- cepts themfelves . I fhall produce two or three inftances of this kind . Speaking of the infipid smoothness which fome ...
take notice , that our English Author has after the fame manner exemplified feveral of his precepts in the very pre- cepts themfelves . I fhall produce two or three inftances of this kind . Speaking of the infipid smoothness which fome ...
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... manner as to check any thing that tends to the corruption of man- ners , or which is too mean or trivial for the entertain- ment of reasonable creatures . As to the diverfions of this kind in this town , we owe them to the arts of poet ...
... manner as to check any thing that tends to the corruption of man- ners , or which is too mean or trivial for the entertain- ment of reasonable creatures . As to the diverfions of this kind in this town , we owe them to the arts of poet ...
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... and learned nation , should submit to learn theirs . In a word , Mr. SPECTATOR , with all deference and humility , we hope to behave ourselves < ' in • in this undertaking in fuck a manner , that 36 THE SPECTATOR . N ° z ; 8.
... and learned nation , should submit to learn theirs . In a word , Mr. SPECTATOR , with all deference and humility , we hope to behave ourselves < ' in • in this undertaking in fuck a manner , that 36 THE SPECTATOR . N ° z ; 8.
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• in this undertaking in fuck a manner , that all English men who have any fkill in mufick may be furthered in it for their profit or diverfion by what new things we ' fhall produce ; never pretending to furpafs others , or afferting ...
• in this undertaking in fuck a manner , that all English men who have any fkill in mufick may be furthered in it for their profit or diverfion by what new things we ' fhall produce ; never pretending to furpafs others , or afferting ...
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