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Pagina viii
... letters , if not of great literary skill , was struck with Addison's verses , Latin and English ; and feeling that the grace of so facile and polished a writer would be valuable in political affairs , determined to employ him in the ...
... letters , if not of great literary skill , was struck with Addison's verses , Latin and English ; and feeling that the grace of so facile and polished a writer would be valuable in political affairs , determined to employ him in the ...
Pagina xiii
... 2 Macaulay , " the templar , the clergyman , the soldier , 1Courthope , Addison , English Men of Letters Series , pp . 87 , 8 . 2 Essay on Addison . and the merchant , were uninteresting figures , fit only INTRODUCTION . xiii.
... 2 Macaulay , " the templar , the clergyman , the soldier , 1Courthope , Addison , English Men of Letters Series , pp . 87 , 8 . 2 Essay on Addison . and the merchant , were uninteresting figures , fit only INTRODUCTION . xiii.
Pagina xix
... letters to which the study of his country's master- pieces and the models of classical refinement had given precision , freedom , grace of movement , aptness of illus- tration , sobriety of tone , unerring sense of proportion . Johnson ...
... letters to which the study of his country's master- pieces and the models of classical refinement had given precision , freedom , grace of movement , aptness of illus- tration , sobriety of tone , unerring sense of proportion . Johnson ...
Pagina 5
... letters To the Spectator , at Mr. Buckley's , in Little Britain . For I must further acquaint the reader that , though our club meets only on Tuesdays and Thursdays , we have appointed a com- mittee to sit every night , for the ...
... letters To the Spectator , at Mr. Buckley's , in Little Britain . For I must further acquaint the reader that , though our club meets only on Tuesdays and Thursdays , we have appointed a com- mittee to sit every night , for the ...
Pagina 11
... letters . At the upper end of the hall was the Magna Charta , with the Act of Uniformity on the right hand , and the Act of Toleration on 30 the left . At the lower end of the hall PUBLIC CREDIT , A VISION . 11 Public Credit, a Vision,
... letters . At the upper end of the hall was the Magna Charta , with the Act of Uniformity on the right hand , and the Act of Toleration on 30 the left . At the lower end of the hall PUBLIC CREDIT , A VISION . 11 Public Credit, a Vision,
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