Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... greater fund of useful knowledge , or dis- plays a more intimate acquaintance with human life and manners . The style , however , is not pleasing ; it is devoid of melody and simplicity , and the sentences are too short and antithetic ...
... greater fund of useful knowledge , or dis- plays a more intimate acquaintance with human life and manners . The style , however , is not pleasing ; it is devoid of melody and simplicity , and the sentences are too short and antithetic ...
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... greater part a cento , and the quo- tations abound in almost every page . Where , however , his own language is suffered to appear , and especially on subjects interesting to himself , the style , for the period he wrote in , is uncom ...
... greater part a cento , and the quo- tations abound in almost every page . Where , however , his own language is suffered to appear , and especially on subjects interesting to himself , the style , for the period he wrote in , is uncom ...
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... greater part throws such an obscurity round his subject , or places it in such a ludicrous light , that the knowledge he wishes to communicate is either not understood , or , if perceived , is unhappily associated with ideas of ridicule ...
... greater part throws such an obscurity round his subject , or places it in such a ludicrous light , that the knowledge he wishes to communicate is either not understood , or , if perceived , is unhappily associated with ideas of ridicule ...
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... greater energy or purity . Milton early commenced his ecclesiastical war- fare , and , in 1642 , published The Reason of Church Government urged against Prelacy . In this pro- duction he nobly declares , and in the spirit of sincerity ...
... greater energy or purity . Milton early commenced his ecclesiastical war- fare , and , in 1642 , published The Reason of Church Government urged against Prelacy . In this pro- duction he nobly declares , and in the spirit of sincerity ...
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... greater number of horses for their service , upon their propositions , than any other of the same quality ; convinced in his con- science , fled from them , and besought the King's pardon and , for the better manifesting the ten ...
... greater number of horses for their service , upon their propositions , than any other of the same quality ; convinced in his con- science , fled from them , and besought the King's pardon and , for the better manifesting the ten ...
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