Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... manner . But all the cost bestowed did not so much en- rich , nor all the fine decking so much beautifie , nor all the daintie devices so much delight , as the fairness of Parthenia , the pearl of all the maids of Mantinea : who as shee ...
... manner . But all the cost bestowed did not so much en- rich , nor all the fine decking so much beautifie , nor all the daintie devices so much delight , as the fairness of Parthenia , the pearl of all the maids of Mantinea : who as shee ...
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... manner . For being of necessity a thing com- mon , it is through the manifold persuasions , dis positions , and occasions of men , with equal desert both of praise and dispraise , shunned by some , by others desired . So that absolutely ...
... manner . For being of necessity a thing com- mon , it is through the manifold persuasions , dis positions , and occasions of men , with equal desert both of praise and dispraise , shunned by some , by others desired . So that absolutely ...
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... manner , yet all with uniform consent , admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy . " + The ease , simplicity , and sweetness , which mark the diction of the next example , together with the exquisite sentiment which terminates ...
... manner , yet all with uniform consent , admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy . " + The ease , simplicity , and sweetness , which mark the diction of the next example , together with the exquisite sentiment which terminates ...
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... 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 his essay on studies as a spe- cimen . " Studies serve for delight , for ...
... 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 his essay on studies as a spe- cimen . " Studies serve for delight , for ...
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... manner had consider- able influence on 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 ...
... manner had consider- able influence on 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 ...
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