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Page 409
But this defect , if such it be , seldom leads him , as it does most writers who indulge in it , into obscurity . On the contrary , his meaning seems always more clearly brought out in every additional trope or parallel instance by ...
But this defect , if such it be , seldom leads him , as it does most writers who indulge in it , into obscurity . On the contrary , his meaning seems always more clearly brought out in every additional trope or parallel instance by ...
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The pith and substance of the work were all contained in the prelimi- nary flourish . Our author , before he begins to pour out the effulgence of his own light , passes in review the puny host of pre- ceding writers ...
The pith and substance of the work were all contained in the prelimi- nary flourish . Our author , before he begins to pour out the effulgence of his own light , passes in review the puny host of pre- ceding writers ...
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by Addison and others was undoubtedly prejudicial to much that was grand and sonorous in the structure of our lan- guage ; to the learning and poetry , the majesty and daring , of the prose writers in the reigns of the Stuarts .
by Addison and others was undoubtedly prejudicial to much that was grand and sonorous in the structure of our lan- guage ; to the learning and poetry , the majesty and daring , of the prose writers in the reigns of the Stuarts .
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Contents
Sir Thomas Brownes Works including his Life | 1 |
Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan and on the site | 35 |
Poggii Epistolæ Editas collegit et emendavit pleras | 60 |
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