Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... 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 language , shaking off with gigantic strength the incumbrances of rude ...
... 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 language , shaking off with gigantic strength the incumbrances of rude ...
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... tion ; but perspicuity , sweetness , and ease are too generally sacrificed . There is , notwithstanding these usual features of his composition , an occa- sional simplicity in his pages , both of style and sentiment , which truly charms ...
... tion ; but perspicuity , sweetness , and ease are too generally sacrificed . There is , notwithstanding these usual features of his composition , an occa- sional simplicity in his pages , both of style and sentiment , which truly charms ...
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... tion . Reade not to contradict , and confute ; not to -beleeve and take for granted ; nor to finde talke and discourse ; but to weigh and consider . Some bookes are to be tasted , others to be swallowed , but some few to be chewed and ...
... tion . Reade not to contradict , and confute ; not to -beleeve and take for granted ; nor to finde talke and discourse ; but to weigh and consider . Some bookes are to be tasted , others to be swallowed , but some few to be chewed and ...
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... tion , and the beauty of his expression . " Some are called at age at fourteen , some at one and twenty , some never ; but all men late enough , for the life of a man comes upon him slowly and insensibly . But as when the sun ap ...
... tion , and the beauty of his expression . " Some are called at age at fourteen , some at one and twenty , some never ; but all men late enough , for the life of a man comes upon him slowly and insensibly . But as when the sun ap ...
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... tion : who , as good Elihu saith , accepteth not the persons of princes , nor regardeth the rich more than the poor ; for they are all the work of his hands . In fine , this poor creature whom thou seest is a man , and a christian ...
... tion : who , as good Elihu saith , accepteth not the persons of princes , nor regardeth the rich more than the poor ; for they are all the work of his hands . In fine , this poor creature whom thou seest is a man , and a christian ...
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