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Pagina xxi
... endeavour to avoid all harfhnefs and feverity of diction , he is therefore fometimes verbose in his tranfitions and connections , and fometimes defcends too much to the language of converfation ; yet if his language had been lefs ...
... endeavour to avoid all harfhnefs and feverity of diction , he is therefore fometimes verbose in his tranfitions and connections , and fometimes defcends too much to the language of converfation ; yet if his language had been lefs ...
Pagina 8
... endeavour at the fame end with himself , the fa- vour of a commander . He will however in his way of talk excufe generals , for not difpofing according to men's defert , or inquiring into it ; for , fays he , that great man who has a ...
... endeavour at the fame end with himself , the fa- vour of a commander . He will however in his way of talk excufe generals , for not difpofing according to men's defert , or inquiring into it ; for , fays he , that great man who has a ...
Pagina 18
... endeavour at a ftile and air fuitable to their understanding . When I fay this , I must be under- stood to mean , that I fhall not lower but exalt the subjects I treat upon . Difcourfe for their entertainment , is not to be debafed but ...
... endeavour at a ftile and air fuitable to their understanding . When I fay this , I must be under- stood to mean , that I fhall not lower but exalt the subjects I treat upon . Difcourfe for their entertainment , is not to be debafed but ...
Pagina 38
... endeavour to enliven morality with wit , and to temper wit with morality , that my readers may , if poffible , both ways find their account in the fpeculation of the day . And to the end that their virtue and difcre- tion may not be ...
... endeavour to enliven morality with wit , and to temper wit with morality , that my readers may , if poffible , both ways find their account in the fpeculation of the day . And to the end that their virtue and difcre- tion may not be ...
Pagina 40
... increate the number of thefe by publishing this daily paper , which I fhall always endeavour to make an innocent if not an improving en- tertainment , tertainment , and by that means at leaft divert the 40 THE SPECTATOR .
... increate the number of thefe by publishing this daily paper , which I fhall always endeavour to make an innocent if not an improving en- tertainment , tertainment , and by that means at leaft divert the 40 THE SPECTATOR .
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