Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... " + Addison , in the Tatler , N ° 267 , de ⚫ Book 5. Section 8. p . 626 . Discoveries , Whalley's Edition , vol . vii . p . 109 . VOL . II . clares that he had " all the beautiful lights , OF ENGLISH STYLE , & c . 17.
... " + Addison , in the Tatler , N ° 267 , de ⚫ Book 5. Section 8. p . 626 . Discoveries , Whalley's Edition , vol . vii . p . 109 . VOL . II . clares that he had " all the beautiful lights , OF ENGLISH STYLE , & c . 17.
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... lights , graces , and embellishments of Cicero . One does not know , " says he , " which to admire most in his writings , the strength of reason , force of style , or brightness of imagination ; and Lord Orrery , at a much later period ...
... lights , graces , and embellishments of Cicero . One does not know , " says he , " which to admire most in his writings , the strength of reason , force of style , or brightness of imagination ; and Lord Orrery , at a much later period ...
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... light , that the 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 ...
... light , that the 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 ...
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... light and favillous particles . " Or , to adduce one more example : " A strange kind of exploration and peculiar way of rhabdomancy is that which is used in mineral discoveries ; that is , with a forked hazel , commonly called Moses his ...
... light and favillous particles . " Or , to adduce one more example : " A strange kind of exploration and peculiar way of rhabdomancy is that which is used in mineral discoveries ; that is , with a forked hazel , commonly called Moses his ...
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... light and open ways of the divine bounty ; we grope there in the dark and confused labyrinths of human malice : our senses are here feasted with the clear and genuine taste of their objects , which are all sophisticated there , and for ...
... light and open ways of the divine bounty ; we grope there in the dark and confused labyrinths of human malice : our senses are here feasted with the clear and genuine taste of their objects , which are all sophisticated there , and for ...
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