Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... Style , and on the Style of Addison in particular ...... ESSAY 3. On the Critical Abilities and Taste of Addison ... .... ESSAY 4. On the Humour and Comic Paint- ing of Addison ...... ESSAY 5. On the Fable , Imagery , and Alle- gory of ...
... Style , and on the Style of Addison in particular ...... ESSAY 3. On the Critical Abilities and Taste of Addison ... .... ESSAY 4. On the Humour and Comic Paint- ing of Addison ...... ESSAY 5. On the Fable , Imagery , and Alle- gory of ...
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... STYLE , AND ON THE STYLE OF ADDISON IN PARTICULAR . IN Na work , the chief purpose of which is to illus- trate the periodical writings of the BRITISH CLAS- SICAL ESSAYISTS , the consideration of STYLE must necessarily hold an important ...
... STYLE , AND ON THE STYLE OF ADDISON IN PARTICULAR . IN Na work , the chief purpose of which is to illus- trate the periodical writings of the BRITISH CLAS- SICAL ESSAYISTS , the consideration of STYLE must necessarily hold an important ...
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... style , and whence the series of our Essayists , and the chain of composi- tion , remain uninterrupted and entire . By the almost unanimous suffrage of criticism , the age of Queen Elizabeth has been fixed upon as the period when our ...
... style , and whence the series of our Essayists , and the chain of composi- tion , remain uninterrupted and entire . By the almost unanimous suffrage of criticism , the age of Queen Elizabeth has been fixed upon as the period when our ...
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... style . To their efforts , however , much good may be attributed ; the public mind was awakened to a sense of the copiousness , the energy , and strength of its native tongue ; the very faults to which we have alluded exhibited these ...
... style . To their efforts , however , much good may be attributed ; the public mind was awakened to a sense of the copiousness , the energy , and strength of its native tongue ; the very faults to which we have alluded exhibited these ...
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... style in which his works are written was considered by his contemporaries as singularly polished and perfect . The following are favourable speci- mens of the composition of his once celebrated Arcadia , which has undergone fourteen ...
... style in which his works are written was considered by his contemporaries as singularly polished and perfect . The following are favourable speci- mens of the composition of his once celebrated Arcadia , which has undergone fourteen ...
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