Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... criticism , the age of Queen Elizabeth has been fixed upon as the period when our language , shaking off with gigantic strength the incumbrances of rude antiquity , first developed its powers , and asserted its pretensions to classical ...
... criticism , the age of Queen Elizabeth has been fixed upon as the period when our language , shaking off with gigantic strength the incumbrances of rude antiquity , first developed its powers , and asserted its pretensions to classical ...
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... in bio- graphy , criticism , and miscellaneous literature , cannot but excite astonishment . Of its effect • Pseudodoxia , p . 229 , 230 . when chosen for biographical detail the following . is the " 29 OF ENGLISH STYLE , & C .
... in bio- graphy , criticism , and miscellaneous literature , cannot but excite astonishment . Of its effect • Pseudodoxia , p . 229 , 230 . when chosen for biographical detail the following . is the " 29 OF ENGLISH STYLE , & C .
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... criticism , as a fair example of his usual tone of composition : " Homer was , without dispute , the most uni- versal genius that has been known in the world , and Virgil the most accomplished . To the first must be allowed the most ...
... criticism , as a fair example of his usual tone of composition : " Homer was , without dispute , the most uni- versal genius that has been known in the world , and Virgil the most accomplished . To the first must be allowed the most ...
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... criticism : I was inspired to foretell you to man- kind , as the restorer of poetry , the greatest genius , the truest judge , and the best patron . " " To this extract , which is uncommonly rich , I shall add our author's opinion of ...
... criticism : I was inspired to foretell you to man- kind , as the restorer of poetry , the greatest genius , the truest judge , and the best patron . " " To this extract , which is uncommonly rich , I shall add our author's opinion of ...
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... critic of the nineteenth century , was little liable to detec- tion when he offered his compositions to the public . On subjects of a dignified and serious cast , or which are decorated with the magic hues of fancy , the style of ...
... critic of the nineteenth century , was little liable to detec- tion when he offered his compositions to the public . On subjects of a dignified and serious cast , or which are decorated with the magic hues of fancy , the style of ...
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