Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... interesting to himself , the style , for the period he wrote in , is uncom- monly clear and brilliant . Dr. Johnson has de- clared , that the " Anatomy of Melancholy was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than ...
... interesting to himself , the style , for the period he wrote in , is uncom- monly clear and brilliant . Dr. Johnson has de- clared , that the " Anatomy of Melancholy was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than ...
Page 34
... interesting example of Milton's style , which breathes all that devotional enthu- siasm , and that high confidence in his own powers , which elevated this great poet so far above the ordinary sons of men , may be selected from his work ...
... interesting example of Milton's style , which breathes all that devotional enthu- siasm , and that high confidence in his own powers , which elevated this great poet so far above the ordinary sons of men , may be selected from his work ...
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... interesting essays , very happily characterised ' the numerous beauties which so remarkably distinguish the style of the chief author of the Spectator . " Though the French , " says he , " are disposed to deny the English the praise of ...
... interesting essays , very happily characterised ' the numerous beauties which so remarkably distinguish the style of the chief author of the Spectator . " Though the French , " says he , " are disposed to deny the English the praise of ...
Page 120
... interesting and important service did Addison effectually perform for our sublime Milton , and , at the same time , presented his countrymen with the first specimen in their language of elegant systematic criticism . To ascertain ...
... interesting and important service did Addison effectually perform for our sublime Milton , and , at the same time , presented his countrymen with the first specimen in their language of elegant systematic criticism . To ascertain ...
Page 125
... interesting and curious by various traits of the manners and customs of our ancestors , and by occasionally inserting anec- dotes and stories , illustrative of the subject before him , and which are usually related with vivacity and ...
... interesting and curious by various traits of the manners and customs of our ancestors , and by occasionally inserting anec- dotes and stories , illustrative of the subject before him , and which are usually related with vivacity and ...
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