Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... the Fable , Imagery , and Alle- gory of Addison .. Page 1 117 168 ....... 219 ESSAY 6. On the Moral Tendency of the Pe- riodical Writings of Addison .. 319 5721 2 33 $ 19077 ESSAYS , BIOGRAPHICAL , CRITICAL , AND HISTORICAL . PART.
... the Fable , Imagery , and Alle- gory of Addison .. Page 1 117 168 ....... 219 ESSAY 6. On the Moral Tendency of the Pe- riodical Writings of Addison .. 319 5721 2 33 $ 19077 ESSAYS , BIOGRAPHICAL , CRITICAL , AND HISTORICAL . PART.
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... Moral , are beyond comparison the most valuable . No book con- tains a greater fund of useful knowledge , or dis- plays a more intimate acquaintance with human life and manners . The style , however , is not pleasing ; it is devoid of ...
... Moral , are beyond comparison the most valuable . No book con- tains a greater fund of useful knowledge , or dis- plays a more intimate acquaintance with human life and manners . The style , however , is not pleasing ; it is devoid of ...
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... a little to improve the style as well as the morals of the nation . His best- known work , The Rule and Exercises of Holy * Vol . ii . p . 742 , 743 . Living and Dying , and which was published about the 44 ON THE PROGRESS AND MERITS.
... a little to improve the style as well as the morals of the nation . His best- known work , The Rule and Exercises of Holy * Vol . ii . p . 742 , 743 . Living and Dying , and which was published about the 44 ON THE PROGRESS AND MERITS.
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... morals , honesty is like to gain little by philosophy , or deep speculations of any kind . In the main , ' tis best to stick to com mon sense , and go no further . Men's first thoughts , in this matter , are generally better than their ...
... morals , honesty is like to gain little by philosophy , or deep speculations of any kind . In the main , ' tis best to stick to com mon sense , and go no further . Men's first thoughts , in this matter , are generally better than their ...
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... morals , and the decencies of domestic life , it was desirable that Addison should adopt a diction whose cast was at once easy and fami- liar , yet simply elegant . In carrying this de sign into execution he has exhibited consummate ...
... morals , and the decencies of domestic life , it was desirable that Addison should adopt a diction whose cast was at once easy and fami- liar , yet simply elegant . In carrying this de sign into execution he has exhibited consummate ...
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