The Spectator, Volume 2J. J. Woodward, 1830 |
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... writing , which is so much talked of among the polite world . 1 Most languages make use of this meta- phor , to express that faculty of the mind which distinguishes all the most concealed faults and nicest perfections in writing . We ...
... writing , which is so much talked of among the polite world . 1 Most languages make use of this meta- phor , to express that faculty of the mind which distinguishes all the most concealed faults and nicest perfections in writing . We ...
Page 136
... writing seldom rise up singly , but at certain periods of time appear to- gether , and in a body ; as they did at Rome in the reign of Augustus , and in Greece about the age of Socrates . I cannot think that_Corneille , Racine , Moliere ...
... writing seldom rise up singly , but at certain periods of time appear to- gether , and in a body ; as they did at Rome in the reign of Augustus , and in Greece about the age of Socrates . I cannot think that_Corneille , Racine , Moliere ...
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... writing , printing , or repeating part . To begin with the writers : I have observed that the au- thor of a folio , in all companies and con- versations , sets himself above the author of a quarto ; the author of a quarto above the ...
... writing , printing , or repeating part . To begin with the writers : I have observed that the au- thor of a folio , in all companies and con- versations , sets himself above the author of a quarto ; the author of a quarto above the ...
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