The Spectator, Volume 4Payne, Rivington, 1799 - English essays |
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... criticism , morality , or in any art or science , which have not been touched upon by others . We have little elfe left us ... critics wrote , he may find their manner very beautifully defcribed in the characters of Horace , Petronius ...
... criticism , morality , or in any art or science , which have not been touched upon by others . We have little elfe left us ... critics wrote , he may find their manner very beautifully defcribed in the characters of Horace , Petronius ...
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... critics , but also with the ancient and modern who have written in either of the learned languages . Above all , I would have them well verfed in the Greek and Latin poets , without which a man very often fancies that he understands a ...
... critics , but also with the ancient and modern who have written in either of the learned languages . Above all , I would have them well verfed in the Greek and Latin poets , without which a man very often fancies that he understands a ...
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... criticism , fhould have perufed the authors above mentioned , unless he has also a clear and logi- cal head ... critic , was also one of the beft logicians that ever appeared in the world . Mr. Locke's Effay on human understanding would ...
... criticism , fhould have perufed the authors above mentioned , unless he has also a clear and logi- cal head ... critic , was also one of the beft logicians that ever appeared in the world . Mr. Locke's Effay on human understanding would ...
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