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... happy imitation of the Addisonian if it manner ; possess not all the mellowness and sweetness of his original , it is neat , unaffected , and clear ; and , in general , more correct and rounded than the diction of Steele . The asser ...
... happy imitation of the Addisonian if it manner ; possess not all the mellowness and sweetness of his original , it is neat , unaffected , and clear ; and , in general , more correct and rounded than the diction of Steele . The asser ...
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... happy to learn , that a new edition of Spenser is preparing for the press by Mr. Todd , the ingenious editor of Milton . To his well - known taste and intimacy with our ancient classics , the admirers of this great bard may look forward ...
... happy to learn , that a new edition of Spenser is preparing for the press by Mr. Todd , the ingenious editor of Milton . To his well - known taste and intimacy with our ancient classics , the admirers of this great bard may look forward ...
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... happy genius born , Canst tuneful verse in flowing numbers turn , Crown'd on thy Windsor's plains with early bays , Be early wise , nor trust to barren praise . Blind was the bard that sung Achilles ' rage , He sung and begg'd , and ...
... happy genius born , Canst tuneful verse in flowing numbers turn , Crown'd on thy Windsor's plains with early bays , Be early wise , nor trust to barren praise . Blind was the bard that sung Achilles ' rage , He sung and begg'd , and ...
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... happy constitution . He could converse with the most sprightly without peevishness : and sickness itself had no other effect upon him , than to make him look upon all violent pleasures as evils he had escaped without the trouble of ...
... happy constitution . He could converse with the most sprightly without peevishness : and sickness itself had no other effect upon him , than to make him look upon all violent pleasures as evils he had escaped without the trouble of ...
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... happy imitation of the Addisonian manner . The following passage in this curious inventory , having furnished the editors of the edition of 1797 , with a very enter- taining note on the variations of dress , which par- ticularly alludes ...
... happy imitation of the Addisonian manner . The following passage in this curious inventory , having furnished the editors of the edition of 1797 , with a very enter- taining note on the variations of dress , which par- ticularly alludes ...
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