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Pagina xiv
... humour fo much has been faid , that it would not be easy to vary the praises that have been lavished for near a century . " As a de- fcriber of life and manners he must be allowed to ftand perhaps the firft of the first rank . His hu ...
... humour fo much has been faid , that it would not be easy to vary the praises that have been lavished for near a century . " As a de- fcriber of life and manners he must be allowed to ftand perhaps the firft of the first rank . His hu ...
Pagina xv
... humour of ADDISON with fingular acutenefs of thought and felicity of expreffion . Many writers feem to think . that humour confifts in violent and preternatural exaggeration ; as there are , no doubt , many fre- quenters of the theatre ...
... humour of ADDISON with fingular acutenefs of thought and felicity of expreffion . Many writers feem to think . that humour confifts in violent and preternatural exaggeration ; as there are , no doubt , many fre- quenters of the theatre ...
Pagina xvi
... humour ever attempted , yet it carries every proof , that fuch a cafe can ad- mit , of having been written with cafe . Another inftance of their mutual exchange of fubjects ap- pears in the propofal for an infirmary to cure ill- humour ...
... humour ever attempted , yet it carries every proof , that fuch a cafe can ad- mit , of having been written with cafe . Another inftance of their mutual exchange of fubjects ap- pears in the propofal for an infirmary to cure ill- humour ...
Pagina xx
... humour , in all its qualities , is the diftinctive cha- racteristic of his genius . A few facetie may oc- cafionally be found among his fucceffors , but fuch a perpetual flow , such a command of temper in ridicule , have never been ...
... humour , in all its qualities , is the diftinctive cha- racteristic of his genius . A few facetie may oc- cafionally be found among his fucceffors , but fuch a perpetual flow , such a command of temper in ridicule , have never been ...
Pagina xli
... humour , fome of the ftrokes of which are truly ADDISONIAN ; and his ferious papers are ex- cellent both for matter and manner . Such was his regard for decency , that he withdrew his contribu- tions to a volume of Miscellaneous Poems ...
... humour , fome of the ftrokes of which are truly ADDISONIAN ; and his ferious papers are ex- cellent both for matter and manner . Such was his regard for decency , that he withdrew his contribu- tions to a volume of Miscellaneous Poems ...
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