The Spectator, Volume 1Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 - English essays |
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... hands of the first inventors . In real value as well as in estimation with the public , no work has ever exceeded that of which we are now to trace the history . The irregularities , whether of plan or execution , which may be dis ...
... hands of the first inventors . In real value as well as in estimation with the public , no work has ever exceeded that of which we are now to trace the history . The irregularities , whether of plan or execution , which may be dis ...
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... hand would do him wrong . " It may be doubted whether ADDISON ever fil- led up his original delineation . He describes the Knight as having his imagination somewhat war- ped , but of this perversion he has made very lit- tle use . The ...
... hand would do him wrong . " It may be doubted whether ADDISON ever fil- led up his original delineation . He describes the Knight as having his imagination somewhat war- ped , but of this perversion he has made very lit- tle use . The ...
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... hand , and he who has no command of natural expres- sion , may easily put together gigantic figures and rumbling syllables . It is only a GARRICK who can do justice to Benedict and Ranger ; but any candle - snuffer might personate ...
... hand , and he who has no command of natural expres- sion , may easily put together gigantic figures and rumbling syllables . It is only a GARRICK who can do justice to Benedict and Ranger ; but any candle - snuffer might personate ...
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... hand of the Dowager COUNTESS OF WAR- WICK , with whom he is said to have lived unhap- pily , but of the nature of this unhappiness we have no information in any of the memoirs of his life , except hints that she presumed on the supe ...
... hand of the Dowager COUNTESS OF WAR- WICK , with whom he is said to have lived unhap- pily , but of the nature of this unhappiness we have no information in any of the memoirs of his life , except hints that she presumed on the supe ...
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... hand , he softly said , SEE IN WHAT PEACE A CHRISTIAN CAN DIB . He spoke with difficulty and soon expi- red . " Addison died on June 17 , 1719 , in the 48th year of his age , leaving a daughter by the Cour- TESS OF WARWICK , of whom we ...
... hand , he softly said , SEE IN WHAT PEACE A CHRISTIAN CAN DIB . He spoke with difficulty and soon expi- red . " Addison died on June 17 , 1719 , in the 48th year of his age , leaving a daughter by the Cour- TESS OF WARWICK , of whom we ...
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