The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... endeavour at a style and air suitable to their understanding . When I say this , I must be understood to mean , that I shall not lower but exalt the subjects I treat upon . Discourse for their en- tertainment is not to be debased , but ...
... endeavour at a style and air suitable to their understanding . When I say this , I must be understood to mean , that I shall not lower but exalt the subjects I treat upon . Discourse for their en- tertainment is not to be debased , but ...
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... endeavour to make an innocent if not an improving entertainment , and by that means at least divert the minds of my female readers from greater trifles . At the same time , as I would fain give some finishing touches to those which are ...
... endeavour to make an innocent if not an improving entertainment , and by that means at least divert the minds of my female readers from greater trifles . At the same time , as I would fain give some finishing touches to those which are ...
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... endeavour to do in a manner suitable to it , that I may not incur the censure which a famous critic bestows upon one who had written a treatise on the sublime , ' in a low grovelling style . I intend to lay aside a whole week for this ...
... endeavour to do in a manner suitable to it , that I may not incur the censure which a famous critic bestows upon one who had written a treatise on the sublime , ' in a low grovelling style . I intend to lay aside a whole week for this ...
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acquaint acrostics Addison admiration Æneid agreeable anagrams ancient appear Aristotle audience beauty behaviour Ben Jonson called character club coffee-house consider conversation delight discourse dress DRYDEN endeavour English entertainment Ephesian Matron eyes favour genius gentleman George Etheridge give hand heart hero honour Hudibras humble servant humour Italian kind King lady laugh learned letter likewise lion live look Lord lover mankind manner March 15 means mind nature never night observed occasion opera OVID paper particular passion person Pharamond Pict piece play pleased pleasure poem poet present prince reader reason ROSCOMMON says scenes sense shew Siege of Damascus Sir Roger speak Spectator stage talk taste Tatler tell thing THOMAS PARNELL thou thought tion told town tragedy Tryphiodorus turn verses VIRG Virgil virtue whig whole woman women words writing young