Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 1Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - Authors, English |
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... success it has been filled up and supported , and whe- ther its extension to the Rambler , Ad- venturer , and Idler , would be desirable , must be determined by the opinion of the public . I cannot conclude this Preface , with- out ...
... success it has been filled up and supported , and whe- ther its extension to the Rambler , Ad- venturer , and Idler , would be desirable , must be determined by the opinion of the public . I cannot conclude this Preface , with- out ...
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... success , and rewarded by beauty . The model was but too faithfully copied in real life . He who aspired to reputation in the circles of gallantry assumed that laxity of morals and loose- ness of manners which he had so frequently cons ...
... success , and rewarded by beauty . The model was but too faithfully copied in real life . He who aspired to reputation in the circles of gallantry assumed that laxity of morals and loose- ness of manners which he had so frequently cons ...
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... success . Another cause equally powerful in retarding the acquisition of a graceful and perspicuous style , was the little attention which , previous to the tasteful models of Addison , was paid to cri- ticism , and to the grammatical ...
... success . Another cause equally powerful in retarding the acquisition of a graceful and perspicuous style , was the little attention which , previous to the tasteful models of Addison , was paid to cri- ticism , and to the grammatical ...
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... success and reputation to himself , first discovered itself , while resident at Oxford ; here he planned and finished a comedy , for which , as it is natural to suppose , being the first product of his muse , he entertained the highest ...
... success and reputation to himself , first discovered itself , while resident at Oxford ; here he planned and finished a comedy , for which , as it is natural to suppose , being the first product of his muse , he entertained the highest ...
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... success in the year 1722 , and the profits aris- ing from the theatre and the sale of the copy were very ample . To these the bounty of the King , to whom the play had been dedicated , proved a considerable addition ; he presented the ...
... success in the year 1722 , and the profits aris- ing from the theatre and the sale of the copy were very ample . To these the bounty of the King , to whom the play had been dedicated , proved a considerable addition ; he presented the ...
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