Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... nights , without intermission . This transportation of armies did Cæsar afterwards use ; and Caligula , that mad emperor , in imitation of Xerxes ' bridge , did build the like .. " The bridge finished , and the army brought near to the ...
... nights , without intermission . This transportation of armies did Cæsar afterwards use ; and Caligula , that mad emperor , in imitation of Xerxes ' bridge , did build the like .. " The bridge finished , and the army brought near to the ...
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... night having lost some of its leaves and all its beauty , it fell into the portion of weeds and worn - out faces . The same is the portion of every man and every woman ; the heritage of worms and serpents , rottenness and cold dishonour ...
... night having lost some of its leaves and all its beauty , it fell into the portion of weeds and worn - out faces . The same is the portion of every man and every woman ; the heritage of worms and serpents , rottenness and cold dishonour ...
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... night it had been set up , by a very strong and unruly wind , and could not be fixed again in a day or two , till the tempest was allayed . This was the melancholy state of the King's affairs , when the standard was set up 50 ON THE ...
... night it had been set up , by a very strong and unruly wind , and could not be fixed again in a day or two , till the tempest was allayed . This was the melancholy state of the King's affairs , when the standard was set up 50 ON THE ...
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... , spreads darkness and eternal night below . The faint and gloomy light looks horrid as the shade itself ; and the profound stillness of these places imposes silence upon men , struck with the hoarse echoings OF ENGLISH STYLE , & C . 91.
... , spreads darkness and eternal night below . The faint and gloomy light looks horrid as the shade itself ; and the profound stillness of these places imposes silence upon men , struck with the hoarse echoings OF ENGLISH STYLE , & C . 91.
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... nights to the volumes of Addison . ” * The public has in a great measure sanctioned the opinions of these truly learned and discern- ing critics ; and the style of Addison is to this VOL . II . * Lives of the Poets , vol . ii . p . 140 ...
... nights to the volumes of Addison . ” * The public has in a great measure sanctioned the opinions of these truly learned and discern- ing critics ; and the style of Addison is to this VOL . II . * Lives of the Poets , vol . ii . p . 140 ...
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