Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, Volume 2Suttaby, 1814 - English literature |
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... Taste of Addison .... ESSAY 4. On the Humour and Comic Paint- ing of Addison ...... Page 1 .. 117 ... 168 ... 219 ESSAY 5. On the Fable , Imagery , and Alle- gory of Addison .. .... ESSAY 6. On the Moral Tendency of the Pe- riodical ...
... Taste of Addison .... ESSAY 4. On the Humour and Comic Paint- ing of Addison ...... Page 1 .. 117 ... 168 ... 219 ESSAY 5. On the Fable , Imagery , and Alle- gory of Addison .. .... ESSAY 6. On the Moral Tendency of the Pe- riodical ...
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... taste , he embraced a task which might expose him to obloquy and reproach . Concerning this wayward subject against prelaty , " he remarks , " the touching whereof is so distasteful and disquietous to a number of men , as by what hath ...
... taste , he embraced a task which might expose him to obloquy and reproach . Concerning this wayward subject against prelaty , " he remarks , " the touching whereof is so distasteful and disquietous to a number of men , as by what hath ...
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... taste for the beauties of the language , gave , on their return to England , every encouragement to its cultivation . At a time when composition in this island was singularly pompous , stiff , and harsh , the introduction of the lighter ...
... taste for the beauties of the language , gave , on their return to England , every encouragement to its cultivation . At a time when composition in this island was singularly pompous , stiff , and harsh , the introduction of the lighter ...
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... taste of their objects , which are all sophisticated there , and for the most part overwhelmed with their contraries . Here pleasure looks ( methinks ) like a beautiful , constant , and modest wife ; it is there an impudent , fickle ...
... taste of their objects , which are all sophisticated there , and for the most part overwhelmed with their contraries . Here pleasure looks ( methinks ) like a beautiful , constant , and modest wife ; it is there an impudent , fickle ...
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... taste ; yet even then , I had the pre- sumption to dedicate to your lordship - a very unfinished piece , I must confess , and which only can be excused by the little experience of the VOL . II . F author , and the modesty of the title ...
... taste ; yet even then , I had the pre- sumption to dedicate to your lordship - a very unfinished piece , I must confess , and which only can be excused by the little experience of the VOL . II . F author , and the modesty of the title ...
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