Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... the following passage from his admirable books on the Advancement of Learning , where nume- • Remarks on the Life and Writings of Swift , p . 234 , edit . 1752 . rous pages equally well written occur , will , I 18 ON THE PROGRESS AND ...
... the following passage from his admirable books on the Advancement of Learning , where nume- • Remarks on the Life and Writings of Swift , p . 234 , edit . 1752 . rous pages equally well written occur , will , I 18 ON THE PROGRESS AND ...
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... admirable Crichton , written by Sir Thomas Urquhart . Crichton had composed a drama in the Italian language , which included fifteen cha- racters , all of which he himself personated ; his success in the attempt Sir Thomas thus ...
... admirable Crichton , written by Sir Thomas Urquhart . Crichton had composed a drama in the Italian language , which included fifteen cha- racters , all of which he himself personated ; his success in the attempt Sir Thomas thus ...
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... admiration in all the changes of that , which is called fortune from without , or the wily subtleties and refluxes of man's thoughts from within ; all these things , with a solid and treat- able smoothness to paint out and describe ...
... admiration in all the changes of that , which is called fortune from without , or the wily subtleties and refluxes of man's thoughts from within ; all these things , with a solid and treat- able smoothness to paint out and describe ...
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... admirable fabric of our language . His words are pure and well chosen , the collocation simple and perspi- cuous , and the members of his sentences distinct , harmonious , not clogged with supernumerary words , nor dragging at the close ...
... admirable fabric of our language . His words are pure and well chosen , the collocation simple and perspi- cuous , and the members of his sentences distinct , harmonious , not clogged with supernumerary words , nor dragging at the close ...
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... admirable beauty and glory . He within himself containeth a nature very excellent ; an immortal soul , and an intelligent mind , by which he nearly resembleth God himself , and is com- parable to angels : he invisibly is owner of en ...
... admirable beauty and glory . He within himself containeth a nature very excellent ; an immortal soul , and an intelligent mind , by which he nearly resembleth God himself , and is com- parable to angels : he invisibly is owner of en ...
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