Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1930 |
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Page 498
... considered , not only as the greatest of the English essayists , but as the forerunner of the greatest English ... considered as a separate work . is fairly considered . The best of them were much 498 Macaulay's Essays.
... considered , not only as the greatest of the English essayists , but as the forerunner of the greatest English ... considered as a separate work . is fairly considered . The best of them were much 498 Macaulay's Essays.
Page 499
... considered as indicating a popularity quite as great as that of the most successful works of Sir Walter Scott and Mr. Dickens in our own time . At the close of 1712 the Spectator ceased to appear . It was probably felt that the short ...
... considered as indicating a popularity quite as great as that of the most successful works of Sir Walter Scott and Mr. Dickens in our own time . At the close of 1712 the Spectator ceased to appear . It was probably felt that the short ...
Page 646
... considered as disreputable are adopted without scruple , and improved upon with a despicable ingenuity , by people engaged in a pursuit which never was and never will be considered as a mere trade by any man of honour and virtue . A ...
... considered as disreputable are adopted without scruple , and improved upon with a despicable ingenuity , by people engaged in a pursuit which never was and never will be considered as a mere trade by any man of honour and virtue . A ...
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