The Spectator, Volume 5Payne, Rivington, 1799 - English essays |
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Page 83
... mentioned , among the rules which he lays down for fucceeding in the fublime way of writ- ing , propofes to his reader , that he fhould imitate the moft celebrated authors who have gone before him , and have been engaged in works of the ...
... mentioned , among the rules which he lays down for fucceeding in the fublime way of writ- ing , propofes to his reader , that he fhould imitate the moft celebrated authors who have gone before him , and have been engaged in works of the ...
Page 214
... mentioned than any penfioner of the one , or doge of the other . The feveral preffes which are now in England , and the great encouragement which has been given to learn- ing for fome years last past , has made our own nation as ...
... mentioned than any penfioner of the one , or doge of the other . The feveral preffes which are now in England , and the great encouragement which has been given to learn- ing for fome years last past , has made our own nation as ...
Page 233
... mentioned , has ⚫ himself affumed it , and endeavoured to convert it to the benefit of mankind . He invited half a dozen of ⚫ his friends one day to dinner , who were each of them ' famous for inferting feveral redundant phrafes in ...
... mentioned , has ⚫ himself affumed it , and endeavoured to convert it to the benefit of mankind . He invited half a dozen of ⚫ his friends one day to dinner , who were each of them ' famous for inferting feveral redundant phrafes in ...
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