Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 1Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - Authors, English |
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... language , the classical writers of their age , have exerted the noblest efforts of their genius , and afforded us the finest specimens of their composition , whilst em- ployed in the execution of those beautiful designs , which , if ...
... language , the classical writers of their age , have exerted the noblest efforts of their genius , and afforded us the finest specimens of their composition , whilst em- ployed in the execution of those beautiful designs , which , if ...
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... language which , probably , more than heavier afflictions , interrupt the felicity of life . " Il Cortigiano ... languages . France in the same century gave birth to the celebrated MICHAEL DE MONTAIGNE , whose works have been remarkable ...
... language which , probably , more than heavier afflictions , interrupt the felicity of life . " Il Cortigiano ... languages . France in the same century gave birth to the celebrated MICHAEL DE MONTAIGNE , whose works have been remarkable ...
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... language , and harmony of cadence , have , al- though not devoid of learning , wit , or just senti- ment , irretrievably plunged them into oblivion : an event which should teach us how necessary are purity and grace of style to the ...
... language , and harmony of cadence , have , al- though not devoid of learning , wit , or just senti- ment , irretrievably plunged them into oblivion : an event which should teach us how necessary are purity and grace of style to the ...
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... language was , in general , unharmonious , and inaccurate , clogged with barbarisms , provincial vulgarisms , and cant phraseology , and that with the excep- tion of Swift , whose composition was for that age comparatively pure and ...
... language was , in general , unharmonious , and inaccurate , clogged with barbarisms , provincial vulgarisms , and cant phraseology , and that with the excep- tion of Swift , whose composition was for that age comparatively pure and ...
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... language . Dryden , it is true , had written his prefaces in a rich and varied , though not a very correct , manner ; but they were too de- sultory and contradictory to afford many just rules for the attainment of an accurate style ...
... language . Dryden , it is true , had written his prefaces in a rich and varied , though not a very correct , manner ; but they were too de- sultory and contradictory to afford many just rules for the attainment of an accurate style ...
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