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Strana xi
... observations , and have been a veritable mine of suggestions for writers since ; but in no real sense can they be said to be prototypes of the eighteenth - century essay . They are , in his own words , but " certain brief notes set down ...
... observations , and have been a veritable mine of suggestions for writers since ; but in no real sense can they be said to be prototypes of the eighteenth - century essay . They are , in his own words , but " certain brief notes set down ...
Strana xv
... observed that in one form or another papers were plentiful be- fore the appearance of the Tatler . So far back as 1621 Burton complains of the prevalence and popularity of " pamphlets of news " , and in Nichols ' Literary Anecdotes ...
... observed that in one form or another papers were plentiful be- fore the appearance of the Tatler . So far back as 1621 Burton complains of the prevalence and popularity of " pamphlets of news " , and in Nichols ' Literary Anecdotes ...
Strana xxii
... observe upon the 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 ...
... observe upon the 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 ...
Strana xxxiii
... observed into an agreeable view ... in a word , to trace human life through all its mazes and recesses . " The claim to have framed characters of domestic life is just , and it strikes the key - note of the English novel . The ...
... observed into an agreeable view ... in a word , to trace human life through all its mazes and recesses . " The claim to have framed characters of domestic life is just , and it strikes the key - note of the English novel . The ...
Strana xxxv
... observation carefully trained by practice , Pope failed as an essayist for lack of sympathetic humour and of ability to con- ceal his art . The same reasons partially hold good for the comparative failure as an essayist of a greater ...
... observation carefully trained by practice , Pope failed as an essayist for lack of sympathetic humour and of ability to con- ceal his art . The same reasons partially hold good for the comparative failure as an essayist of a greater ...
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