Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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Page 11
... passage may be adduced . " Death is that which all men suffer , but not all men with one mind , neither all men in one manner . For being of necessity a thing com- mon , it is through the manifold persuasions , dis positions , and ...
... passage may be adduced . " Death is that which all men suffer , but not all men with one mind , neither all men in one manner . For being of necessity a thing com- mon , it is through the manifold persuasions , dis positions , and ...
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... passage of Xerxes over the Helles pont , when marching against the liberties of Greece : " He gave order , that a bridge upon boats • Walton's Life of Hooker , prefixed to the Ecclesiastical Polity , p . 17 . should be made over the ...
... passage of Xerxes over the Helles pont , when marching against the liberties of Greece : " He gave order , that a bridge upon boats • Walton's Life of Hooker , prefixed to the Ecclesiastical Polity , p . 17 . should be made over the ...
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... passage from his admirable books on the Advancement of Learning , where nume- • Remarks on the Life and Writings of Swift , p . 234 , edit . 1752 . rous pages equally well written occur , will , I 18 ON THE PROGRESS AND MERITS.
... passage from his admirable books on the Advancement of Learning , where nume- • Remarks on the Life and Writings of Swift , p . 234 , edit . 1752 . rous pages equally well written occur , will , I 18 ON THE PROGRESS AND MERITS.
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... spirit of sincerity and truth , his motives for the under- taking . The passage is forcible and eloquent , * Urquhart's Vindication of Scotland . and proves that for conscience sake alone , re , OF ENGLISH STYLE , & c . 31.
... spirit of sincerity and truth , his motives for the under- taking . The passage is forcible and eloquent , * Urquhart's Vindication of Scotland . and proves that for conscience sake alone , re , OF ENGLISH STYLE , & c . 31.
Page 42
... passage , though very beautiful , may be considered as a fair specimen of the usual diction * Cowley's Works , vol . ii . p . 704 , 705 , 707 , 708. 10th edit . 1707 . of Cowley . Let us , however , turning over 42 ON THE PROGRESS AND ...
... passage , though very beautiful , may be considered as a fair specimen of the usual diction * Cowley's Works , vol . ii . p . 704 , 705 , 707 , 708. 10th edit . 1707 . of Cowley . Let us , however , turning over 42 ON THE PROGRESS AND ...
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