The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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Page 121
... qualities which Steele and Addison stamped upon the periodical essay . Hughes seems to have been humorous , observant , amiable , and sincerely desirous of the moral ad- vancement of his fellow - men . His favourite subject was the ...
... qualities which Steele and Addison stamped upon the periodical essay . Hughes seems to have been humorous , observant , amiable , and sincerely desirous of the moral ad- vancement of his fellow - men . His favourite subject was the ...
Page 122
... qualities displayed in his verse would have been alien from the prose of the essays . Perhaps the only points in which he would have been inferior to the two chiefs of the tribe are urbanity and humour . Pope shone in wit , but Addison ...
... qualities displayed in his verse would have been alien from the prose of the essays . Perhaps the only points in which he would have been inferior to the two chiefs of the tribe are urbanity and humour . Pope shone in wit , but Addison ...
Page 162
... qualities of the essayist , he was too formal in his essays to show them freely . That he possessed such qualities is evident chiefly from his letters and from his admirable autobiography . These show the loathed and dreaded sceptic as ...
... qualities of the essayist , he was too formal in his essays to show them freely . That he possessed such qualities is evident chiefly from his letters and from his admirable autobiography . These show the loathed and dreaded sceptic as ...
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