The Spectator, Volume 1Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 - English essays |
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... language any assumption of character more faithful than that of the honest butler , nor a more irresistible stroke of nature than the circum- stance of the book received by Sir ANDREW FREEPORT . art . " To Sir ROGER , " continues Dr ...
... language any assumption of character more faithful than that of the honest butler , nor a more irresistible stroke of nature than the circum- stance of the book received by Sir ANDREW FREEPORT . art . " To Sir ROGER , " continues Dr ...
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... language . Of ADDISON's humour so much has been said , that it would not be easy to vary the praises that have been lavished for near a century . " As a describer of life and manners he must be allowed to stand perhaps the first of the ...
... language . Of ADDISON's humour so much has been said , that it would not be easy to vary the praises that have been lavished for near a century . " As a describer of life and manners he must be allowed to stand perhaps the first of the ...
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... language better understood , style has been regulated by a fashion to which we know not how to place limits . Of late the de- mand has been considerable for lofty periods and splendid imagery , verging sometimes on the ex- cellence of ...
... language better understood , style has been regulated by a fashion to which we know not how to place limits . Of late the de- mand has been considerable for lofty periods and splendid imagery , verging sometimes on the ex- cellence of ...
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... language ; awk- ward phrases ; redundancies ; superlatives for comparatives ; double comparatives ; adjectives for adverbs ; any for either ; either for each ; & c . & c . the relative not agreeing with its antece- dent ; verbs in the ...
... language ; awk- ward phrases ; redundancies ; superlatives for comparatives ; double comparatives ; adjectives for adverbs ; any for either ; either for each ; & c . & c . the relative not agreeing with its antece- dent ; verbs in the ...
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... language , " is the best definition he can give . JoHNSON says it is " the manner of writing with regard to language . " SWIFT , long before had Jaid down that " proper words in proper places made the true definition of a style ...
... language , " is the best definition he can give . JoHNSON says it is " the manner of writing with regard to language . " SWIFT , long before had Jaid down that " proper words in proper places made the true definition of a style ...
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