Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... perfect . The following are favourable speci- mens of the composition of his once celebrated Arcadia , which has undergone fourteen editions , and has prefixed to it not less than forty encomia , all , except one , in Latin verse , from ...
... perfect . The following are favourable speci- mens of the composition of his once celebrated Arcadia , which has undergone fourteen editions , and has prefixed to it not less than forty encomia , all , except one , in Latin verse , from ...
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... perfect nature , and are perfected by experience :. for natural abilities are like natural plants , that Of the Advancement of Learning , p . 11 , 12 , 4to . 1633 . need proyning by study : and studies them- selves , 20 ON THE PROGRESS ...
... perfect nature , and are perfected by experience :. for natural abilities are like natural plants , that Of the Advancement of Learning , p . 11 , 12 , 4to . 1633 . need proyning by study : and studies them- selves , 20 ON THE PROGRESS ...
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... there is the rude sweetness of a Scotch tune in it , which is natural and pleasing , though not perfect . It is true , I cannot go so far as he * for he who published the last edition of him OF ENGLISH STYLE , & c . 67.
... there is the rude sweetness of a Scotch tune in it , which is natural and pleasing , though not perfect . It is true , I cannot go so far as he * for he who published the last edition of him OF ENGLISH STYLE , & c . 67.
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... perfect mastery in both the lan- guages in which he writ : but each of them kept a just distance from the other ; neither did his Latin make his English too old , nor his English make his Latin too modern . He excelled both in prose and ...
... perfect mastery in both the lan- guages in which he writ : but each of them kept a just distance from the other ; neither did his Latin make his English too old , nor his English make his Latin too modern . He excelled both in prose and ...
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... perfect , clear , and adequate knowledge of them that perhaps is not in the comprehension of any finite being . We are furnished with fa- culties ( dull and weak as they are ) to discover enough in the creatures , to lead us to the know ...
... perfect , clear , and adequate knowledge of them that perhaps is not in the comprehension of any finite being . We are furnished with fa- culties ( dull and weak as they are ) to discover enough in the creatures , to lead us to the know ...
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