The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
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Page 161
... learning . Were I indeed to choose my readers , by whofe judgment I would ftand or fall , they should not be fuch as are ac- quainted only with the French and Italian critics , but alfo with the ancient and modern who have written in ...
... learning . Were I indeed to choose my readers , by whofe judgment I would ftand or fall , they should not be fuch as are ac- quainted only with the French and Italian critics , but alfo with the ancient and modern who have written in ...
Page 162
... learning ; whereas many of thofe , who have endeavoured to fignalize themselves by works . of this nature , among our English writers , are not only defective in the above - mentioned particulars , but plainly difcover , by the phrafes ...
... learning ; whereas many of thofe , who have endeavoured to fignalize themselves by works . of this nature , among our English writers , are not only defective in the above - mentioned particulars , but plainly difcover , by the phrafes ...
Page 163
... learning ; and they are thefe , which a four undiftinguishing critic generally attacks with the greatest violence . Tully obferves , that it is very eafy to brand or fix a mark upon what he calls verbum ardens , or , as it may be ...
... learning ; and they are thefe , which a four undiftinguishing critic generally attacks with the greatest violence . Tully obferves , that it is very eafy to brand or fix a mark upon what he calls verbum ardens , or , as it may be ...
Page 167
... learning into pedantry , and the genteeleft demeanour into affectation . Even religion it-- felf , unless decency be the handmaid which waits upon her , is apt to make people appear guilty of fournefs and ill - humour : but this fhews ...
... learning into pedantry , and the genteeleft demeanour into affectation . Even religion it-- felf , unless decency be the handmaid which waits upon her , is apt to make people appear guilty of fournefs and ill - humour : but this fhews ...
Page 176
... learning which is given , " is generally more edifying to them , than that which " is fold to others : thus do they become more exalted in goodness , by being depreffed in fortune , and their poverty is , in reality , their preferment ...
... learning which is given , " is generally more edifying to them , than that which " is fold to others : thus do they become more exalted in goodness , by being depreffed in fortune , and their poverty is , in reality , their preferment ...
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