The British Essayists: WorldJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... the public to whom I have been obliged . That you may read this address without à blush , it shall have no flattery in it . To confess the truth , I mean to compliment myself ; and I know not X ORIGINAL DEDICATIONS TO.
... the public to whom I have been obliged . That you may read this address without à blush , it shall have no flattery in it . To confess the truth , I mean to compliment myself ; and I know not X ORIGINAL DEDICATIONS TO.
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... truth , I have serious reasons for avoiding the first of these subjects . A weak advocate may ruin a good cause . And if religion can be defended by no better argu- ments than some I have lately seen in the public papers and magazines ...
... truth , I have serious reasons for avoiding the first of these subjects . A weak advocate may ruin a good cause . And if religion can be defended by no better argu- ments than some I have lately seen in the public papers and magazines ...
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... truth , if we consider for a moment the nature and office of the people called critics . It is the nature of these people to be exceedingly dull ; and it is their office to pronounce decisively upon the merit and demerit of all works ...
... truth , if we consider for a moment the nature and office of the people called critics . It is the nature of these people to be exceedingly dull ; and it is their office to pronounce decisively upon the merit and demerit of all works ...
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... truth , but very per- sonable geese . The inventor , like other original geniuses , was treated ill by a barbarous age : yet I can venture to affirm , that a stricter adherence to reality would have saved even those times from being ...
... truth , but very per- sonable geese . The inventor , like other original geniuses , was treated ill by a barbarous age : yet I can venture to affirm , that a stricter adherence to reality would have saved even those times from being ...
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... truth , after having routed tinsel and trumpery , with the true zeal of a founder of a sect , he pushed his discipline to the deformity of holiness ; not content with banishing symmetry and regularity , he imitated nature even in her ...
... truth , after having routed tinsel and trumpery , with the true zeal of a founder of a sect , he pushed his discipline to the deformity of holiness ; not content with banishing symmetry and regularity , he imitated nature even in her ...
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