Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... literature , must for ever preclude the authors of Elizabeth's reign- from being deemed models of style . To their efforts , however , much good may be attributed ; the public mind was awakened to a sense of the copiousness , the energy ...
... literature , must for ever preclude the authors of Elizabeth's reign- from being deemed models of style . To their efforts , however , much good may be attributed ; the public mind was awakened to a sense of the copiousness , the energy ...
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... literature . Even in the present day it may be read and admired : Lowth has spoken highly of its merits ; and Webb in his Literary Amuse- ments thus beautifully expresses his opinion : Come , Hooker , with thee let me dwell on a phrase ...
... literature . Even in the present day it may be read and admired : Lowth has spoken highly of its merits ; and Webb in his Literary Amuse- ments thus beautifully expresses his opinion : Come , Hooker , with thee let me dwell on a phrase ...
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... literature of his age . His book is for the 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 ...
... literature of his age . His book is for the 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 ...
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... literature ; and very lately Sterne , generally esteemed one of our most original writers , has been copiously traced by Dr. Ferriar through the folio of Burton . As a specimen of the style of this very curious and amusing work , I have ...
... literature ; and very lately Sterne , generally esteemed one of our most original writers , has been copiously traced by Dr. Ferriar through the folio of Burton . As a specimen of the style of this very curious and amusing work , I have ...
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... it in bio- graphy , criticism , and miscellaneous literature , cannot but excite astonishment . Of its effect • Pseudodoxia , p . 229 , 230 . when chosen for biographical detail the following . is the " 29 OF ENGLISH STYLE , & C .
... it in bio- graphy , criticism , and miscellaneous literature , cannot but excite astonishment . Of its effect • Pseudodoxia , p . 229 , 230 . when chosen for biographical detail the following . is the " 29 OF ENGLISH STYLE , & C .
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