The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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Page 12
... writing in this last kind , as Tully and Aristotle excel in the other . When I read an author of genius who writes without method , I fancy myself in a wood that abounds with a great many noble ob- jects , rising among one another in ...
... writing in this last kind , as Tully and Aristotle excel in the other . When I read an author of genius who writes without method , I fancy myself in a wood that abounds with a great many noble ob- jects , rising among one another in ...
Page 13
... writer . He comprehends every thing easily , takes it in with pleasure , and retains it long . Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversa- tion than in writing , provided a man would talk to make himself understood . I , who hear ...
... writer . He comprehends every thing easily , takes it in with pleasure , and retains it long . Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversa- tion than in writing , provided a man would talk to make himself understood . I , who hear ...
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... write in the pagan creed , to make prince Eugene a favourite of Mars , or to carry on a correspondence between Bellona and the marshal de Villars , would be down- right puerility , and unpardonable in a poet that is past sixteen . It is ...
... write in the pagan creed , to make prince Eugene a favourite of Mars , or to carry on a correspondence between Bellona and the marshal de Villars , would be down- right puerility , and unpardonable in a poet that is past sixteen . It is ...
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