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... Dean Swift's writ- ings , ....... ..... 250 XXV . Eloquence , or Public Speaking - History of Eloquence - Grecian Elo- quence - Demosthenes , .. ......... 260 XXVI . History of Eloquence continued - Roman Eloquence - Cicero - Mo- dern ...
... Dean Swift's writ- ings , ....... ..... 250 XXV . Eloquence , or Public Speaking - History of Eloquence - Grecian Elo- quence - Demosthenes , .. ......... 260 XXVI . History of Eloquence continued - Roman Eloquence - Cicero - Mo- dern ...
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... Dean Swift , had he written on the subject of criticism , would perhaps have afforded the example of a correct one . Having viewed taste in its most improved and perfect state , I come next to consider its deviations from that state ...
... Dean Swift , had he written on the subject of criticism , would perhaps have afforded the example of a correct one . Having viewed taste in its most improved and perfect state , I come next to consider its deviations from that state ...
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... Dean Swift's works ; the in- stances taken chiefly from Sir Richard Blackmore . One of these , I had occasion already to give , in relation to mount Etna , and it were needless to produce any more . The bombast lies , in forcing an ...
... Dean Swift's works ; the in- stances taken chiefly from Sir Richard Blackmore . One of these , I had occasion already to give , in relation to mount Etna , and it were needless to produce any more . The bombast lies , in forcing an ...
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... Dean Swift , he will see , in our tongue , such a circle of ex- pression , such a power of accommodation to the different taste of writers , as redounds not a little to its honour . What the English has been most taxed with , is its ...
... Dean Swift , he will see , in our tongue , such a circle of ex- pression , such a power of accommodation to the different taste of writers , as redounds not a little to its honour . What the English has been most taxed with , is its ...
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... Dean Swift , one of our most correct writers , valued himself much on using no words but such as were of native growth : and his lan- guage may , indeed , be considered as a standard of the strictest pu- rity and propriety , in the ...
... Dean Swift , one of our most correct writers , valued himself much on using no words but such as were of native growth : and his lan- guage may , indeed , be considered as a standard of the strictest pu- rity and propriety , in the ...
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