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Page 11
In the other Kind of Writing , it is sufficient that I have several Thoughts on a
Subject , without troubling my self to range them in such Order , that they may
seem to grow out of one another , and be disposed under the proper Heads .
Seneca ...
In the other Kind of Writing , it is sufficient that I have several Thoughts on a
Subject , without troubling my self to range them in such Order , that they may
seem to grow out of one another , and be disposed under the proper Heads .
Seneca ...
Page 12
Method is of Advantage to a Work , both in respect to the Writer and the Reader .
In regard to the first , it is a great Help to his Invention . When a Man has plann'd
his Discourse , he finds a great many Thoughts rising out of every Head , that do
...
Method is of Advantage to a Work , both in respect to the Writer and the Reader .
In regard to the first , it is a great Help to his Invention . When a Man has plann'd
his Discourse , he finds a great many Thoughts rising out of every Head , that do
...
Page 27
... wherein he excuses himself from coming to Court The Gentleman , it seems ,
was contented with his Condition , had formerly been in the King's Service , but at
the writing the following Letter , had , from Leisure and Reflection , quite another
...
... wherein he excuses himself from coming to Court The Gentleman , it seems ,
was contented with his Condition , had formerly been in the King's Service , but at
the writing the following Letter , had , from Leisure and Reflection , quite another
...
Page 34
Another , who writes himself Benjamin Bamboo , tells me , that being coupled
with a Shrew , he had endeavoured to tame her by such lawful Means as those
which are mentioned in my last Tuesday's Paper , and that in his Wrath he had
often ...
Another , who writes himself Benjamin Bamboo , tells me , that being coupled
with a Shrew , he had endeavoured to tame her by such lawful Means as those
which are mentioned in my last Tuesday's Paper , and that in his Wrath he had
often ...
Page 41
Pliny , the greatest Lawyer , and most elegant Writer of the Age he liv'd in , in
several of his Epistles is very sollicitous in recommending to the Publick some
young Men of his own Profession , and very often undertakes to become an
Advocate ...
Pliny , the greatest Lawyer , and most elegant Writer of the Age he liv'd in , in
several of his Epistles is very sollicitous in recommending to the Publick some
young Men of his own Profession , and very often undertakes to become an
Advocate ...
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 4 Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Essays [no. 164-167] The Spectator, George Gregory Smith |
| Contributor | George Gregory Smith |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent, 1913 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 16 Sep 2014 |
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