Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 1Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - Authors, English |
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... writing , its merit and utility , and on the state of literature and manners in this island at the commencement of the Tatler , in 1709 . The second part , including every thing relative to Sir Richard Steele , is branched into six ...
... writing , its merit and utility , and on the state of literature and manners in this island at the commencement of the Tatler , in 1709 . The second part , including every thing relative to Sir Richard Steele , is branched into six ...
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... a plan of this kind , I have thought it ne- cessary to place Steele and Addison very conspicuously on the fore - ground . They were the fathers and founders of Periodical Writing ; and round them , as : round iv PREFACE .
... a plan of this kind , I have thought it ne- cessary to place Steele and Addison very conspicuously on the fore - ground . They were the fathers and founders of Periodical Writing ; and round them , as : round iv PREFACE .
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... Writing ; and round them , as : round two mighty orbs , must be arrang- ed in just order , and with a subser- viency due from inferior luminaries , the numerous literati who , however slightly in degree , have contributed to heighten ...
... Writing ; and round them , as : round two mighty orbs , must be arrang- ed in just order , and with a subser- viency due from inferior luminaries , the numerous literati who , however slightly in degree , have contributed to heighten ...
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... WRITING , ITS MERIT AND UTILITY , AND ON THE STATE OF LITERATURE AND MANNERS IN THIS ISLAND AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE TATLER IN 1709 . FEW Ew contrivances have been found more effec- tual toward correcting the foibles and lighter vices ...
... WRITING , ITS MERIT AND UTILITY , AND ON THE STATE OF LITERATURE AND MANNERS IN THIS ISLAND AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE TATLER IN 1709 . FEW Ew contrivances have been found more effec- tual toward correcting the foibles and lighter vices ...
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... written ; when the chief difficulty was to induce the gay , the thoughtless , and the busy , to read even a short ... WRITING . 17.
... written ; when the chief difficulty was to induce the gay , the thoughtless , and the busy , to read even a short ... WRITING . 17.
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