The British Essayists: SpectatorAlexander Chalmers J. M'Creery, Printer, 1817 |
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... beautiful which is not just , and has not its founda- tion in the nature of things ; that the basis of all wit is truth ; and that no thought can be valuable , of which good sense is not the ground - work . Boileau has endeavoured to ...
... beautiful which is not just , and has not its founda- tion in the nature of things ; that the basis of all wit is truth ; and that no thought can be valuable , of which good sense is not the ground - work . Boileau has endeavoured to ...
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... beautiful ob- jects as yours ever beheld . If castles , forests , ruins , fine women , and graceful men , can please you , I dare promise you much satisfaction , if you will ap- pear at my auction on Friday next . A sight is , I suppose ...
... beautiful ob- jects as yours ever beheld . If castles , forests , ruins , fine women , and graceful men , can please you , I dare promise you much satisfaction , if you will ap- pear at my auction on Friday next . A sight is , I suppose ...
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... beautiful instances of this nature in the follow- ing passages , which are likewise written upon the same subject : Whoso discovereth secrets , loseth his credit , and shall never find a friend to his mind . Love thy friend , and be ...
... beautiful instances of this nature in the follow- ing passages , which are likewise written upon the same subject : Whoso discovereth secrets , loseth his credit , and shall never find a friend to his mind . Love thy friend , and be ...
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... beautiful to the most refined . The old song of Chevy - Chase is the favourite ballad of the common people of England , and Ben Jonson used to say , he had rather have been the author of it than of all his works . Sir Philip Sidney , in ...
... beautiful to the most refined . The old song of Chevy - Chase is the favourite ballad of the common people of England , and Ben Jonson used to say , he had rather have been the author of it than of all his works . Sir Philip Sidney , in ...
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... beautiful incidents . The English are the first who take the field and the last who quit it . The English bring only fifteen hundred to the battle , the Scotch two thousand . The English keep the field with fifty - three ; the Scotch ...
... beautiful incidents . The English are the first who take the field and the last who quit it . The English bring only fifteen hundred to the battle , the Scotch two thousand . The English keep the field with fifty - three ; the Scotch ...
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