Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, Volume 2Suttaby, 1814 - English literature |
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... from Hooker and the translation of the Bible ; the terms of natural knowledge from Bacon ; the phrases of policy , war , and navigation , from * Raleigh ; the dialect of poetry and fiction from 2 ON THE PROGRESS AND MERITS.
... from Hooker and the translation of the Bible ; the terms of natural knowledge from Bacon ; the phrases of policy , war , and navigation , from * Raleigh ; the dialect of poetry and fiction from 2 ON THE PROGRESS AND MERITS.
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Nathan Drake. * Raleigh ; the dialect of poetry and fiction from Spenser and Sydney ; and the diction of common life from Shakspeare , few ideas would be lost to mankind , for want of English words , in which they might be expressed ...
Nathan Drake. * Raleigh ; the dialect of poetry and fiction from Spenser and Sydney ; and the diction of common life from Shakspeare , few ideas would be lost to mankind , for want of English words , in which they might be expressed ...
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... fiction . In short , these two immortal poets must be allowed to have so much excelled in their kinds , as to have exceeded all compari- son , to have even extinguished emulation , and in a manner confined true poetry , not only to ...
... fiction . In short , these two immortal poets must be allowed to have so much excelled in their kinds , as to have exceeded all compari- son , to have even extinguished emulation , and in a manner confined true poetry , not only to ...
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... fictions of this supernatural cast should gain ground , and that to the highly cultivated as well as to the half - informed mind they should , if emanating from superior genius , be alike welcome . The partiality AND TASTE OF ADDISON . 1 ...
... fictions of this supernatural cast should gain ground , and that to the highly cultivated as well as to the half - informed mind they should , if emanating from superior genius , be alike welcome . The partiality AND TASTE OF ADDISON . 1 ...
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... fiction ; but such has lately been the torrent of nonsense and puerility with which the circulating libraries , under the title of ro- mance , have deluged the country , that no man who has any value for his time now dares to in- spect ...
... fiction ; but such has lately been the torrent of nonsense and puerility with which the circulating libraries , under the title of ro- mance , have deluged the country , that no man who has any value for his time now dares to in- spect ...
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