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... produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general , and consist in positions not limited by exceptions , and in descriptions not descending to minuteness . It is with great propriety that ...
... produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general , and consist in positions not limited by exceptions , and in descriptions not descending to minuteness . It is with great propriety that ...
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... produced by a sudden tumult of imagination , or a short paroxysm of violent labour . To accumulate such a mass of sentiments at the call of accidental desire , or of sudden necessity , is beyond the reach and power of the most active ...
... produced by a sudden tumult of imagination , or a short paroxysm of violent labour . To accumulate such a mass of sentiments at the call of accidental desire , or of sudden necessity , is beyond the reach and power of the most active ...
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... produced it . Not long afterwards [ 18th June , 1714 ] an attempt was made to revive The Spectator , at a time indeed by no means favour- able to literature , when the succession of a new family to the throne filled the nation with ...
... produced it . Not long afterwards [ 18th June , 1714 ] an attempt was made to revive The Spectator , at a time indeed by no means favour- able to literature , when the succession of a new family to the throne filled the nation with ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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