Reflections Upon Accuracy of Style: Containing the Chief Rules to be Observ'd for Obtaining an Accurate Style ... With Brief Observations Interspers'd Thro' the Whole, on Denham, ... |
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... answers he had already given in his own thoughts , and to find them approv'd by the Author : Or where he is in a diffe- rent opinion from him , he is either willing to be civilly disabused by one who seems rather to converse with him ...
... answers he had already given in his own thoughts , and to find them approv'd by the Author : Or where he is in a diffe- rent opinion from him , he is either willing to be civilly disabused by one who seems rather to converse with him ...
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... answer to the argument I pre- tend to draw from the common approba- tion ? EUDOX . If that is your only or your best argument , Callicrates will not be much obliged to you for your defence . For what if I fhou'd answer by applying what ...
... answer to the argument I pre- tend to draw from the common approba- tion ? EUDOX . If that is your only or your best argument , Callicrates will not be much obliged to you for your defence . For what if I fhou'd answer by applying what ...
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... answer for the Burlesque . Your Author , Sir , ob- ferves , that in violent wishes , the hurry of the purfuit makes but a shuffling pace , and Spoils the gracefulness of the motion . There is an impetuofity and hurry of Style which has ...
... answer for the Burlesque . Your Author , Sir , ob- ferves , that in violent wishes , the hurry of the purfuit makes but a shuffling pace , and Spoils the gracefulness of the motion . There is an impetuofity and hurry of Style which has ...
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... answer of Sir H. Savil or Spelman ( I forget which of ' em ) was thought a very pleasant one , who , being asked his opinion of Poetry , replied , that of all ways of writing he liked it the best next to Profe . EUDOX . Ariftotle ...
... answer of Sir H. Savil or Spelman ( I forget which of ' em ) was thought a very pleasant one , who , being asked his opinion of Poetry , replied , that of all ways of writing he liked it the best next to Profe . EUDOX . Ariftotle ...
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... answer W with the words of the fame Author , I will affirm , that nature and wisdom , or art , never give oppofite rules . Nunquam aliud natura , aliud fapientia dicit . And then it will be found , that as waters often grow clearer and ...
... answer W with the words of the fame Author , I will affirm , that nature and wisdom , or art , never give oppofite rules . Nunquam aliud natura , aliud fapientia dicit . And then it will be found , that as waters often grow clearer and ...
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