Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volumen2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 |
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... means so quaint and uncouth as the gene ral style of the Arcadia . An ampler extract , however , will be necessary to enable the reader to ascertain the merits and defects of the compo- sition . For this purpose I have selected a de ...
... means so quaint and uncouth as the gene ral style of the Arcadia . An ampler extract , however , will be necessary to enable the reader to ascertain the merits and defects of the compo- sition . For this purpose I have selected a de ...
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... mean as to be great , Continue , heav'n , still from me to remove The humble blessings of that life I love . " I know very many men will despise , and some pity me for this humour , as a poor spirited fellow ' ; but I'm content , and ...
... mean as to be great , Continue , heav'n , still from me to remove The humble blessings of that life I love . " I know very many men will despise , and some pity me for this humour , as a poor spirited fellow ' ; but I'm content , and ...
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... mean time , namely , in 1673 , CLARENDON closed his elaborate History of the Rebellion . This celebrated work , estimable for its accuracy , impartiality , and variety of incident , is written in a style which was once highly ad- mired ...
... mean time , namely , in 1673 , CLARENDON closed his elaborate History of the Rebellion . This celebrated work , estimable for its accuracy , impartiality , and variety of incident , is written in a style which was once highly ad- mired ...
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... mean and sorry a thing , as the dis- guise of misfortune , under which he appears , doth represent him . He who looks so deformedly and dismally , who to outward sight is so ill bestead , and so pitifully accoutred , hath latent in him ...
... mean and sorry a thing , as the dis- guise of misfortune , under which he appears , doth represent him . He who looks so deformedly and dismally , who to outward sight is so ill bestead , and so pitifully accoutred , hath latent in him ...
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... means we should endeavour to purchase the good - will of all men , and provoke no man's enmity need- lessly ; since any man's love may be , usefull and every man's hatred is dangerous . " * If we compare this energetic style with that ...
... means we should endeavour to purchase the good - will of all men , and provoke no man's enmity need- lessly ; since any man's love may be , usefull and every man's hatred is dangerous . " * If we compare this energetic style with that ...
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