Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... Addison in particular ...... ESSAY 3. On the Critical Abilities and Taste of Addison ... .... ESSAY 4. On the Humour and Comic Paint- ing of Addison ...... ESSAY 5. On the Fable , Imagery , and Alle- gory of Addison .. Page 1 117 168 ...
... Addison in particular ...... ESSAY 3. On the Critical Abilities and Taste of Addison ... .... ESSAY 4. On the Humour and Comic Paint- ing of Addison ...... ESSAY 5. On the Fable , Imagery , and Alle- gory of Addison .. Page 1 117 168 ...
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... Addison , and , after dwelling at some length upon this elegant author , to continue the research , in a succeeding volume , through that long chasm which occurs between the close of the Guardian and the ap- pearance of the Rambler , a ...
... Addison , and , after dwelling at some length upon this elegant author , to continue the research , in a succeeding volume , through that long chasm which occurs between the close of the Guardian and the ap- pearance of the Rambler , a ...
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... ADDISON as form- ing a medium between the dry and unornamented language of Swift , and the pompous and elabo- rated diction of Shaftesbury . Addison had early imbibed an elegant and correct taste for prose composition ; his travels ...
... ADDISON as form- ing a medium between the dry and unornamented language of Swift , and the pompous and elabo- rated diction of Shaftesbury . Addison had early imbibed an elegant and correct taste for prose composition ; his travels ...
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... Addison's papers be contrasted with this production of Swift , they will be found , as superior to the Doctor's ... Addison " Whoever has been reading this unnatural filth , ( namely , the latter part of Gulliver's Travels ) let him turn ...
... Addison's papers be contrasted with this production of Swift , they will be found , as superior to the Doctor's ... Addison " Whoever has been reading this unnatural filth , ( namely , the latter part of Gulliver's Travels ) let him turn ...
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... Addison should adopt a diction whose cast was at once easy and fami- liar , yet simply elegant . In carrying this de sign into execution he has exhibited consummate judgment and taste . His words , though plain , are expressive , and ...
... Addison should adopt a diction whose cast was at once easy and fami- liar , yet simply elegant . In carrying this de sign into execution he has exhibited consummate judgment and taste . His words , though plain , are expressive , and ...
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