Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 1Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 |
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... conducted , at an ex- pence enormous on the part of the Pub- lisher , and with an energy which not only aims at supporting its primal me- rit , but looks forward to the attain- ment of superior excellence in each suc ceeding volume , I ...
... conducted , at an ex- pence enormous on the part of the Pub- lisher , and with an energy which not only aims at supporting its primal me- rit , but looks forward to the attain- ment of superior excellence in each suc ceeding volume , I ...
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... conduct , and by teach- ing , therefore , how to avoid that barbarity in be- haviour and rudeness in language which , probably , more than heavier afflictions , interrupt the felicity of life . " Il Cortigiano , " " The Courtier " of ...
... conduct , and by teach- ing , therefore , how to avoid that barbarity in be- haviour and rudeness in language which , probably , more than heavier afflictions , interrupt the felicity of life . " Il Cortigiano , " " The Courtier " of ...
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... conduct and dereliction of interest had been praiseworthy ; but Steele should have * Theatre , No. 11 , written by Steele , under the name of Sir John Edgar . reflected , and when time and experience had matured his 46 BIOGRAPHICAL ...
... conduct and dereliction of interest had been praiseworthy ; but Steele should have * Theatre , No. 11 , written by Steele , under the name of Sir John Edgar . reflected , and when time and experience had matured his 46 BIOGRAPHICAL ...
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... conduct must necessarily , if he would avoid the derision of the public , be accordant with the pre- cepts he had taught . Accordingly he printed this treatise in 1701 , and dedicated it to Lord Cutts , whose private secretary he was ...
... conduct must necessarily , if he would avoid the derision of the public , be accordant with the pre- cepts he had taught . Accordingly he printed this treatise in 1701 , and dedicated it to Lord Cutts , whose private secretary he was ...
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... conduct , and by so doing retrieved in a great measure the evils of his ex- ample ; for these were confined to a narrow cir- cle , while their reprobation circulated through the kingdom . The same year which gave publicity to his ...
... conduct , and by so doing retrieved in a great measure the evils of his ex- ample ; for these were confined to a narrow cir- cle , while their reprobation circulated through the kingdom . The same year which gave publicity to his ...
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