English EssaysBlackie & son, limited, 1906 - 257 strán (strany) |
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... manners the next great development in literature was the essay of contemporary manners . It began at a time when the stage was in a state of decline . Artificial comedy , the characteristic product of the Restoration age , was still ...
... manners the next great development in literature was the essay of contemporary manners . It began at a time when the stage was in a state of decline . Artificial comedy , the characteristic product of the Restoration age , was still ...
Strana xv
... manner characteristic both of the daring nature of its author and of the feverish state of the time , was begun , in 1704 , within the walls of New- gate . The Review of the Affairs of France became , in the course of its second volume ...
... manner characteristic both of the daring nature of its author and of the feverish state of the time , was begun , in 1704 , within the walls of New- gate . The Review of the Affairs of France became , in the course of its second volume ...
Strana xxii
... manners of the pleasurable , as well as the busy part of mankind " . From this it is not rash to infer that Steele claimed to have made a distinct advance on any former periodical , and to have been the first to make the essay an ...
... manners of the pleasurable , as well as the busy part of mankind " . From this it is not rash to infer that Steele claimed to have made a distinct advance on any former periodical , and to have been the first to make the essay an ...
Strana xxxi
... manners and customs are not , how- ever , easily effected by strokes of the pen . This panegyric must be accepted with some qualification , but that the Tatler and Spectator did excellent service in the way indicated is indisputable ...
... manners and customs are not , how- ever , easily effected by strokes of the pen . This panegyric must be accepted with some qualification , but that the Tatler and Spectator did excellent service in the way indicated is indisputable ...
Strana xxxv
... the same pitch , he could always closely accommodate his manner to his matter , and he could convey his ideas clearly and forcibly without distracting the reader's attention to the excellence of their vehicle SWIFT . XXXV.
... the same pitch , he could always closely accommodate his manner to his matter , and he could convey his ideas clearly and forcibly without distracting the reader's attention to the excellence of their vehicle SWIFT . XXXV.
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