Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, Volume 2Suttaby, 1814 - English literature |
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... grace , hitherto strangers to its struc- ture . The study of French literature , which had attained considerable elegance and precision , was at this era brought into fashion by the Stuarts , who , during their exile on the continent ...
... grace , hitherto strangers to its struc- ture . The study of French literature , which had attained considerable elegance and precision , was at this era brought into fashion by the Stuarts , who , during their exile on the continent ...
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... grace , of his continual regard and care , of his fatherly love and affec- tion : who , as good Elihu saith , accepteth not the persons of princes , nor regardeth the rich more than the poor ; for they are all the work of his hands . In ...
... grace , of his continual regard and care , of his fatherly love and affec- tion : who , as good Elihu saith , accepteth not the persons of princes , nor regardeth the rich more than the poor ; for they are all the work of his hands . In ...
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... grace ; the colouring in both seems equal , and , indeed , is in both 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 ...
... grace ; the colouring in both seems equal , and , indeed , is in both 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 ...
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... grace , but he is for the most part singularly negligent and harsh . It is true , the plainness of his style frequently sets off to advan- tage the keenness of his wit ; but except where the vulgarity of the character may require it ...
... grace , but he is for the most part singularly negligent and harsh . It is true , the plainness of his style frequently sets off to advan- tage the keenness of his wit ; but except where the vulgarity of the character may require it ...
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... grace and perspicuity . " I had , " he remarks , " a very early ambi- tion to recommend myself to your lordship's pa- tronage ; which yet increased in me as I travelled through the countries of which I here give your lordship some ...
... grace and perspicuity . " I had , " he remarks , " a very early ambi- tion to recommend myself to your lordship's pa- tronage ; which yet increased in me as I travelled through the countries of which I here give your lordship some ...
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