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... original , it is neat , unaffected , and clear ; and , in general , more correct and rounded than the diction of Steele . The asser- tion of Dr. Johnson , however , should not here be forgotten ; who declared , that " Addison wrote ...
... original , it is neat , unaffected , and clear ; and , in general , more correct and rounded than the diction of Steele . The asser- tion of Dr. Johnson , however , should not here be forgotten ; who declared , that " Addison wrote ...
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... original as that of Sir Roger de Coverley , is the still greater merit of Budgell . In this respect . he is certainly superior to Steele ; and his de- scription of the Hunt in N ° 116 , in which the knight makes so delightful and ...
... original as that of Sir Roger de Coverley , is the still greater merit of Budgell . In this respect . he is certainly superior to Steele ; and his de- scription of the Hunt in N ° 116 , in which the knight makes so delightful and ...
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... original poet . To a correct judg ment , and a critical knowledge of the ancient lan- guages , he added an accurate ear for the harmony Lives of the Poets , vol . ii . p . 145 . I am happy to learn , that a new edition of Spenser is ...
... original poet . To a correct judg ment , and a critical knowledge of the ancient lan- guages , he added an accurate ear for the harmony Lives of the Poets , vol . ii . p . 145 . I am happy to learn , that a new edition of Spenser is ...
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... original writer , and in 1712 , the Abbe Vertot's History of the Revolution of Portugal . He afterwards obliged the public with versions of Fontenelle's Discourse concerning the Ancients and Moderns , and of The Letters of Abelard and ...
... original writer , and in 1712 , the Abbe Vertot's History of the Revolution of Portugal . He afterwards obliged the public with versions of Fontenelle's Discourse concerning the Ancients and Moderns , and of The Letters of Abelard and ...
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... original , and so strongly expressive of the great orator's hope of immortality , that I cannot avoid quoting a por- tion of it in the very words of the Roman who , in the person of Cato addressing his friend Scipio , thus delivers his ...
... original , and so strongly expressive of the great orator's hope of immortality , that I cannot avoid quoting a por- tion of it in the very words of the Roman who , in the person of Cato addressing his friend Scipio , thus delivers his ...
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