Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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Page 55
... admirable instance of energy and strength combined with great harmony of period . It is taken from a ser- mon on A peaceable Temper and Carriage . " We are obliged to these duties of humanity , upon account of common interest , benefit ...
... admirable instance of energy and strength combined with great harmony of period . It is taken from a ser- mon on A peaceable Temper and Carriage . " We are obliged to these duties of humanity , upon account of common interest , benefit ...
Page 61
... admirable . Homer had more fire and rapture , Virgil more light and swiftness ; or , at least , the poetical fire was more raging in one , but clearer in the other , which makes the first more amazing , and the latter more agreeable ...
... admirable . Homer had more fire and rapture , Virgil more light and swiftness ; or , at least , the poetical fire was more raging in one , but clearer in the other , which makes the first more amazing , and the latter more agreeable ...
Page 68
... , in his edition of the Canterbury Tales , has admirably explained the versification and language of Chaucer , and shewn the former to be in general correct . being ; and our numbers were in their nonage till 68 ON THE PROGRESS AND MERITS.
... , in his edition of the Canterbury Tales , has admirably explained the versification and language of Chaucer , and shewn the former to be in general correct . being ; and our numbers were in their nonage till 68 ON THE PROGRESS AND MERITS.
Page 74
... admirable contrivances and wonderful effects , to admire and magnify the wisdom , power , and goodness of their author . Such a knowledge as this , which is suited to our present condition , we want not faculties to attain . But it ...
... admirable contrivances and wonderful effects , to admire and magnify the wisdom , power , and goodness of their author . Such a knowledge as this , which is suited to our present condition , we want not faculties to attain . But it ...
Page 93
... greater accuracy with which the language is now written , still renders his style the admiration and delight of every judi- cious cultivator of English philology . 7 It will likewise , I think , appear , that OF ENGLISH STYLE , & c . 93.
... greater accuracy with which the language is now written , still renders his style the admiration and delight of every judi- cious cultivator of English philology . 7 It will likewise , I think , appear , that OF ENGLISH STYLE , & c . 93.
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