The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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Page 116
... least developed , was singularly well adapted to Addison . It brought out all that was best in him , and tended to conceal his deficiencies ; and so it has helped to keep him in a place somewhat loftier than his merits entitle him to ...
... least developed , was singularly well adapted to Addison . It brought out all that was best in him , and tended to conceal his deficiencies ; and so it has helped to keep him in a place somewhat loftier than his merits entitle him to ...
Page 145
... least remember that he was an admirable writer . The Connoisseur ( 1754-1756 ) started a little later and closed a little earlier than The World . It resembled the latter in general character , but was inferior in quality . The ...
... least remember that he was an admirable writer . The Connoisseur ( 1754-1756 ) started a little later and closed a little earlier than The World . It resembled the latter in general character , but was inferior in quality . The ...
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... least weighty share should rest on the shoulders that bore the most , at least until the publication of Lang's Life of Lockhart . Surely Lockhart , the youth of twenty - three , was less blameworthy than Wilson , the man of thirty - two ...
... least weighty share should rest on the shoulders that bore the most , at least until the publication of Lang's Life of Lockhart . Surely Lockhart , the youth of twenty - three , was less blameworthy than Wilson , the man of thirty - two ...
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