The Spectator, Volume 1Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 - English essays |
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... rules of taste , and introduced a relish for genius that had been depressed or overlooked . His criticisms on PARADISE LOST directed the public admiration to a work which is now justly the boast of the nation ; and although his ...
... rules of taste , and introduced a relish for genius that had been depressed or overlooked . His criticisms on PARADISE LOST directed the public admiration to a work which is now justly the boast of the nation ; and although his ...
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... rules . These consisted principally of terms and phrases bordering on vulgar or colloquial language ; awk- ward phrases ; redundancies ; superlatives for comparatives ; double comparatives ; adjectives for adverbs ; any for either ...
... rules . These consisted principally of terms and phrases bordering on vulgar or colloquial language ; awk- ward phrases ; redundancies ; superlatives for comparatives ; double comparatives ; adjectives for adverbs ; any for either ...
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... rules , however useful in affairs of gram- mar , will not form a style ; that style is as much an attribute of genius as invention ; and that the varieties of manner to be found in English literature arise from the varieties of mind and ...
... rules , however useful in affairs of gram- mar , will not form a style ; that style is as much an attribute of genius as invention ; and that the varieties of manner to be found in English literature arise from the varieties of mind and ...
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... appear to be the universal rule , and the an- notators imagine that T. sometimes means TICKELL . perty , as he sent his son as a gentleman BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . 39 On Affectation-Vanity STEELE 39 English Tragedy-Lee Otway ADDISON.
... appear to be the universal rule , and the an- notators imagine that T. sometimes means TICKELL . perty , as he sent his son as a gentleman BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . 39 On Affectation-Vanity STEELE 39 English Tragedy-Lee Otway ADDISON.
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... rules for pronunciation and action ; and No. 554 , on the improvement of genius ; No. 302 , the character of Emilia , claimed by Mr. DUN- COMBE , was written by Dr. BROME ; on the other hand , however , the annotators on the SPECTATOR ...
... rules for pronunciation and action ; and No. 554 , on the improvement of genius ; No. 302 , the character of Emilia , claimed by Mr. DUN- COMBE , was written by Dr. BROME ; on the other hand , however , the annotators on the SPECTATOR ...
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