The British Essayists: SpectatorAlexander Chalmers J. M'Creery, Printer, 1817 - English essays |
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... Sappho Her Hymn to Venus . STEELE ADDISON STEELE ADDISON AM . PHILLIPS 224 Universality of Ambition - its wrong Directions 225 Discretion and Cunning HUGHES ADDISON NUMB . 226 On Raphael's Cartoons .. 227 Letter on vi CONTENTS OF VOL . IX .
... Sappho Her Hymn to Venus . STEELE ADDISON STEELE ADDISON AM . PHILLIPS 224 Universality of Ambition - its wrong Directions 225 Discretion and Cunning HUGHES ADDISON NUMB . 226 On Raphael's Cartoons .. 227 Letter on vi CONTENTS OF VOL . IX .
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... Sappho 230 Benevolent Disposition - Letter of Pliny ... Plan of an Academy 231 Letter on Bashfulness Reflections on Modesty STEELE ADDISON STEELE ADDISON HUGHES STEELE HUGHES ADDISON BUDGELL L ADDISON STEELE 上 ADDISON s - on im- STEELE ...
... Sappho 230 Benevolent Disposition - Letter of Pliny ... Plan of an Academy 231 Letter on Bashfulness Reflections on Modesty STEELE ADDISON STEELE ADDISON HUGHES STEELE HUGHES ADDISON BUDGELL L ADDISON STEELE 上 ADDISON s - on im- STEELE ...
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... Sappho . They give us a taste of her way of writing , which is perfectly conformable with that extraordi- nary character we find of her in the remarks of those great critics who were conversant with her works when they were entire . One ...
... Sappho . They give us a taste of her way of writing , which is perfectly conformable with that extraordi- nary character we find of her in the remarks of those great critics who were conversant with her works when they were entire . One ...
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... Sappho so trans- ported with the violence of her passion , that she was resolved to get rid of it at any price ... Sappho tried the cure , but perished in the experiment . After having given this short account of Sappho , VOL . IX . N so ...
... Sappho so trans- ported with the violence of her passion , that she was resolved to get rid of it at any price ... Sappho tried the cure , but perished in the experiment . After having given this short account of Sappho , VOL . IX . N so ...
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... Sappho , notwithstand- ing it has all the ease and spirit of an original . In a word , if the ladies have a mind to know the man- ner of writing practised by the so much celebrated Sappho , they may here see it in its genuine and na ...
... Sappho , notwithstand- ing it has all the ease and spirit of an original . In a word , if the ladies have a mind to know the man- ner of writing practised by the so much celebrated Sappho , they may here see it in its genuine and na ...
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