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Strana xxiv
... readers ' affections that the latter side of their character should be unduly emphasized . A claim to pity , even if it be a loving pity , is a dangerous attribute for an author to possess , and it has militated against Steele's purely ...
... readers ' affections that the latter side of their character should be unduly emphasized . A claim to pity , even if it be a loving pity , is a dangerous attribute for an author to possess , and it has militated against Steele's purely ...
Strana xxx
... readers with the naïve self - revelation of Goldsmith or of Steele . " When phlegm , " however , as M. Taine has said , " is united to gentleness , as in Addison , it is as agreeable as it is piquant . We are not repelled by venomous ...
... readers with the naïve self - revelation of Goldsmith or of Steele . " When phlegm , " however , as M. Taine has said , " is united to gentleness , as in Addison , it is as agreeable as it is piquant . We are not repelled by venomous ...
Strana xxxv
... time at 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.
... time at 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.
Strana xxxvi
J. H. Lobban. distracting the reader's attention to the excellence of their vehicle of expression . Yet , great as were his powers of shrewd penetration into character , Swift wanted the lighter graces necessary to the essayist . He ...
J. H. Lobban. distracting the reader's attention to the excellence of their vehicle of expression . Yet , great as were his powers of shrewd penetration into character , Swift wanted the lighter graces necessary to the essayist . He ...
Strana xxxix
... readers by its unrelieved monotony , and after one more vigorous attempt to resuscitate the older design , the scheme of Sylvanus Urban was generally adopted , and the essay found its proper place as only one element in a miscel ...
... readers by its unrelieved monotony , and after one more vigorous attempt to resuscitate the older design , the scheme of Sylvanus Urban was generally adopted , and the essay found its proper place as only one element in a miscel ...
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