Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... Hooker and the translation of the Bible ; the terms of natural knowledge from Bacon ; the phrases of policy , war , and navigation , from Raleigh ; the dialect of poetry and fiction from Spenser 2 ON THE PROGRESS AND MERITS.
... Hooker and the translation of the Bible ; the terms of natural knowledge from Bacon ; the phrases of policy , war , and navigation , from Raleigh ; the dialect of poetry and fiction from Spenser 2 ON THE PROGRESS AND MERITS.
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... knowledge of the world , the ce lebrated but unfortunate SIR WALTER RALEIGH , a style more consonant to the genius of the language , and approximating nearer to present usage , may naturally be expected . " Raleigh , " remarks Hume ...
... knowledge of the world , the ce lebrated but unfortunate SIR WALTER RALEIGH , a style more consonant to the genius of the language , and approximating nearer to present usage , may naturally be expected . " Raleigh , " remarks Hume ...
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... knowledge of philosophy may incline the minde of man to atheisme ; but a farther proceeding therein doth bring the minde backe againe to religion : for in the entrance of philosophy , when the second causes , which are next unto the ...
... knowledge of philosophy may incline the minde of man to atheisme ; but a farther proceeding therein doth bring the minde backe againe to religion : for in the entrance of philosophy , when the second causes , which are next unto the ...
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... 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 . I insert a portion of ...
... 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 . I insert a portion of ...
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... knowledge he wishes to communicate is either not understood , or , if perceived , is unhappily associated with ideas of ridicule and contempt . Dr. Johnson , who was partial to Browne , and who scrupled ' not to purloin many of his ...
... knowledge he wishes to communicate is either not understood , or , if perceived , is unhappily associated with ideas of ridicule and contempt . Dr. Johnson , who was partial to Browne , and who scrupled ' not to purloin many of his ...
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