Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... genius and idiom of our language . Enraptured with the writings of pagan antiquity , which were then studied with uncommon ardour , and with all the intoxication of a first attachment , the literati of that day were not content with a ...
... genius and idiom of our language . Enraptured with the writings of pagan antiquity , which were then studied with uncommon ardour , and with all the intoxication of a first attachment , the literati of that day were not content with a ...
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... genius of the language , and approximating nearer to present usage , may naturally be expected . " Raleigh , " remarks Hume , " is the best model of that ans cient style , which some writers would affect to revive at present . " The ...
... genius of the language , and approximating nearer to present usage , may naturally be expected . " Raleigh , " remarks Hume , " is the best model of that ans cient style , which some writers would affect to revive at present . " The ...
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... genius that has been known in the world , and Virgil the most accomplished . To the first must be allowed the most fertile invention , the richest vein , the most general knowledge , and the most lively expression : to the last , the no ...
... genius that has been known in the world , and Virgil the most accomplished . To the first must be allowed the most fertile invention , the richest vein , the most general knowledge , and the most lively expression : to the last , the no ...
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... genius ; and that he has been generally so esteemed , there cannot be a greater testimony given , than what has been by some observed , that not only . the greatest masters have found in his works the best and truest principles of all ...
... genius ; and that he has been generally so esteemed , there cannot be a greater testimony given , than what has been by some observed , that not only . the greatest masters have found in his works the best and truest principles of all ...
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... genius of our language with happier success . If in elegance and grammatical precision he has since been exceeded , to none need he give way , in point of vigour , variety , richness , and spirit . There is a raciness and a mellow ...
... genius of our language with happier success . If in elegance and grammatical precision he has since been exceeded , to none need he give way , in point of vigour , variety , richness , and spirit . There is a raciness and a mellow ...
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