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Pagina xxi
It feems to have been his principal endeavour to avoid all harshnefs and feverity of diction , he is therefore fometimes verbofe in his tranfitions and connections , and fometimes defcends too much to the language of converfation ...
It feems to have been his principal endeavour to avoid all harshnefs and feverity of diction , he is therefore fometimes verbofe in his tranfitions and connections , and fometimes defcends too much to the language of converfation ...
Pagina 8
A ftrict honefty , and an even regular behaviour , are in themfelves obftacles to him that muft prefs through crowds , who endeavour at the fame end with himself , the favour of a commander . He will however in his way of talk excufe ...
A ftrict honefty , and an even regular behaviour , are in themfelves obftacles to him that muft prefs through crowds , who endeavour at the fame end with himself , the favour of a commander . He will however in his way of talk excufe ...
Pagina 18
When it is a woman's day , in my works , I fhall endeavour at a ftile and air fuitable to their understanding . When I fay this , I must be underftood to mean , that I fhall not lower but exalt the subjects I treat upon .
When it is a woman's day , in my works , I fhall endeavour at a ftile and air fuitable to their understanding . When I fay this , I must be underftood to mean , that I fhall not lower but exalt the subjects I treat upon .
Pagina 38
Since I have raised to myfelf fo great an audience , I fhall fpare no pains to make their inftruction agrecable , and their diverfion useful : For which reafons I fhall endeavour to enliven morality with wit , and to temper wit with ...
Since I have raised to myfelf fo great an audience , I fhall fpare no pains to make their inftruction agrecable , and their diverfion useful : For which reafons I fhall endeavour to enliven morality with wit , and to temper wit with ...
Pagina 40
I hope to increafe the number of thefe by publishing this daily paper , which I fhall always endeavour to make an innocent if not an improving entertainment , S 0 3 tertainment , and by that means at 40 THE SPECTATOR .
I hope to increafe the number of thefe by publishing this daily paper , which I fhall always endeavour to make an innocent if not an improving entertainment , S 0 3 tertainment , and by that means at 40 THE SPECTATOR .
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