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Page 51
... style is elegant . It is obviously formed on that of Mr. Gibbon : but , while it does not possess the rich- ness or the point of that historian , it has little of his affectation , and nothing of his obscurity . On the contrary , it is ...
... style is elegant . It is obviously formed on that of Mr. Gibbon : but , while it does not possess the rich- ness or the point of that historian , it has little of his affectation , and nothing of his obscurity . On the contrary , it is ...
Page 189
... style . Undoubtedly we except from this censure the sermons of Paley ; which , for solidity of judgment , plain , unaffected good sense , temperance and charitableness in religious discus- sions , and real genuine eloquence , -the ...
... style . Undoubtedly we except from this censure the sermons of Paley ; which , for solidity of judgment , plain , unaffected good sense , temperance and charitableness in religious discus- sions , and real genuine eloquence , -the ...
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... style ? Are we to suffer the present generation of young Englishmen to grow up , imagining that all perfection was centered in the theatre at the Bank - side ? Is our lan- guage , is our poetry altogether , to be considered as having ...
... style ? Are we to suffer the present generation of young Englishmen to grow up , imagining that all perfection was centered in the theatre at the Bank - side ? Is our lan- guage , is our poetry altogether , to be considered as having ...
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