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 20
... 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 ornament , and for ability . Their chiefe ...
... 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 ornament , and for ability . Their chiefe ...
Page 32
... pleasing humour of vain glory has incited me to contest with men of high estimation , now while green years are upon my head ; from this needless sur- misal I shall hope to dissuade the intelligent and equal auditor , if I can but say ...
... pleasing humour of vain glory has incited me to contest with men of high estimation , now while green years are upon my head ; from this needless sur- misal I shall hope to dissuade the intelligent and equal auditor , if I can but say ...
Page 38
... pleasing solitariness , fed with chearful and confident thoughts , to embark in a troubled sea of noise and hoarse disputes , put from beholding the bright countenance of truth , in the quiet and still air of delightful studies . " If ...
... pleasing solitariness , fed with chearful and confident thoughts , to embark in a troubled sea of noise and hoarse disputes , put from beholding the bright countenance of truth , in the quiet and still air of delightful studies . " If ...
Page 40
... pleasing produc- tions , which display a simplicity of language and sentiment of a very fascinating kind , and a mo- dulation and arrangement of period by many degrees more equable , easy , and flowing , than 40 ON THE PROGRESS AND MERITS.
... pleasing produc- tions , which display a simplicity of language and sentiment of a very fascinating kind , and a mo- dulation and arrangement of period by many degrees more equable , easy , and flowing , than 40 ON THE PROGRESS AND MERITS.
Page 58
... end . " Our series will now conduct us to a writer more * Tillotson's Works , vol . i . p . 334 and 335 , folio edition of 1699 . ornamented and pleasing in his style than the Archbishop , 58 ON THE PROGRESS AND MERITS.
... end . " Our series will now conduct us to a writer more * Tillotson's Works , vol . i . p . 334 and 335 , folio edition of 1699 . ornamented and pleasing in his style than the Archbishop , 58 ON THE PROGRESS AND MERITS.
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