Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 1Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - Authors, English |
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... called to - philological enquiry or studied exhortation . On men busied in the acquirement of wealth , merely for its own sake , or revelling in the grossest sensuali- ties , no formal display of the value of science , or the beauty and ...
... called to - philological enquiry or studied exhortation . On men busied in the acquirement of wealth , merely for its own sake , or revelling in the grossest sensuali- ties , no formal display of the value of science , or the beauty and ...
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... the rudeness , the grossness , and improprieties , which called forth the wit or , the invective of our early essayists , no longer exist , there is still a most abundant crop of petty vice ON PERIODICAL WRITING . 19.
... the rudeness , the grossness , and improprieties , which called forth the wit or , the invective of our early essayists , no longer exist , there is still a most abundant crop of petty vice ON PERIODICAL WRITING . 19.
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... called ' The Muses , ' others ' Sylvæ : ' one man calls his book ' Miner- va's Robe , ' another , The Horn of Amalthea . ' One is termed ' Honey - combs , ' another Pas- tures , ' another My own Readings , ' another • Ancient Readings ...
... called ' The Muses , ' others ' Sylvæ : ' one man calls his book ' Miner- va's Robe , ' another , The Horn of Amalthea . ' One is termed ' Honey - combs , ' another Pas- tures , ' another My own Readings , ' another • Ancient Readings ...
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... called for reformation , which was shortly afterwards obtained through the medium of his elegant and instructive admonitions . " Their amusements , " says he , seem contrived for them , rather as they are women , than as they are rea ...
... called for reformation , which was shortly afterwards obtained through the medium of his elegant and instructive admonitions . " Their amusements , " says he , seem contrived for them , rather as they are women , than as they are rea ...
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... called " The Ac- complishment of the first of Mr. Bickerstaff's predictions , being an account of the death of Mr. Partridge , the almanack maker , upon the 29th instant , " both written by Swift , with his usual exquisite humour . It ...
... called " The Ac- complishment of the first of Mr. Bickerstaff's predictions , being an account of the death of Mr. Partridge , the almanack maker , upon the 29th instant , " both written by Swift , with his usual exquisite humour . It ...
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