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 15
... whole army of seventeen hundred thousand foot , and fourscore thousand horse , with all the mules and carriages , passed over it into Europe in seven days and seven nights , without intermission . This transportation of armies did Cæsar ...
... whole army of seventeen hundred thousand foot , and fourscore thousand horse , with all the mules and carriages , passed over it into Europe in seven days and seven nights , without intermission . This transportation of armies did Cæsar ...
Page 36
... whole book of sanctity and virtue , through all the instances of example , with such delight , to those especially of soft and delicious temper , who will not so much as look upon truth herself , unless they see her elegantly drest ...
... whole book of sanctity and virtue , through all the instances of example , with such delight , to those especially of soft and delicious temper , who will not so much as look upon truth herself , unless they see her elegantly drest ...
Page 45
... gets up higher , till he shews a fair face and a full light , and then he shines one whole day , under a cloud often , and sometimes weeping great and little showers , and sets quickly : so is a man's OF ENGLISH STYLE , & c . 45.
... gets up higher , till he shews a fair face and a full light , and then he shines one whole day , under a cloud often , and sometimes weeping great and little showers , and sets quickly : so is a man's OF ENGLISH STYLE , & c . 45.
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... whole town . The standard was blown down the same night it had been set up , by a very strong and unruly wind , and could not be fixed again in a day or two , till the tempest was allayed . This was the melancholy state of the King's ...
... whole town . The standard was blown down the same night it had been set up , by a very strong and unruly wind , and could not be fixed again in a day or two , till the tempest was allayed . This was the melancholy state of the King's ...
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... whole heart into his writings , and both his sentiments and diction possess a pe- culiar and indescribable charm . To the compo- sition of no English author can the French term naïveté be more appositely applied ; and to this engaging ...
... whole heart into his writings , and both his sentiments and diction possess a pe- culiar and indescribable charm . To the compo- sition of no English author can the French term naïveté be more appositely applied ; and to this engaging ...
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