Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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... English literature ; that it would contain many curious facts , and many judicious remarks ; that the style of the notes would be neat , clear , and precise ; and that the typographical execution would be , as in new editions of ...
... English literature ; that it would contain many curious facts , and many judicious remarks ; that the style of the notes would be neat , clear , and precise ; and that the typographical execution would be , as in new editions of ...
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... English work , so curious and interesting as a Life of Prince Frederick , whether written by himself or by a confidential secretary , must have been ? The history at which Johnson laughed was a very proper companion to the Bibliothèque ...
... English work , so curious and interesting as a Life of Prince Frederick , whether written by himself or by a confidential secretary , must have been ? The history at which Johnson laughed was a very proper companion to the Bibliothèque ...
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... English ? Who would lose , in the confusion of a Diatessaron , the peculiar charm which belongs to the narrative of the disciple whom Jesus loved ? The feeling of a reader who has become intimate DE EDITIONIBUS PRINCIPIBUS 25 with any ...
... English ? Who would lose , in the confusion of a Diatessaron , the peculiar charm which belongs to the narrative of the disciple whom Jesus loved ? The feeling of a reader who has become intimate DE EDITIONIBUS PRINCIPIBUS 25 with any ...
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... , are delightful when we read them as illustrations of the character of the writer . Bad in themselves , they are good dramatically , like the nonsense of Justice Shallow , the clipped English of Dr. Caius , or the misplaced.
... , are delightful when we read them as illustrations of the character of the writer . Bad in themselves , they are good dramatically , like the nonsense of Justice Shallow , the clipped English of Dr. Caius , or the misplaced.
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... English poetry had been in a constant progress of improvement . Waller , Denham , Dryden , and Pope , had been , according to him , the great reformers . He judged of all works of the imagination by the standard established among his ...
... English poetry had been in a constant progress of improvement . Waller , Denham , Dryden , and Pope , had been , according to him , the great reformers . He judged of all works of the imagination by the standard established among his ...
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