Essays on the Eighteenth Century, Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth BirthdayClarendon Press, 1945 - 288 pages |
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... Pleasure , they made use of such an Administrator , as I had mentioned , under the Title of first or chief Minister of State , the Description of which , as far as it may be collected not only from their Actions , but from the Letters ...
... Pleasure , they made use of such an Administrator , as I had mentioned , under the Title of first or chief Minister of State , the Description of which , as far as it may be collected not only from their Actions , but from the Letters ...
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... pleasure , nor for the pleasure of his readers . It is functional . Therefore the method will vary whether it is for edification in sermons , for moral or political instruction in essays and pamph- lets , or whether it is intended to ...
... pleasure , nor for the pleasure of his readers . It is functional . Therefore the method will vary whether it is for edification in sermons , for moral or political instruction in essays and pamph- lets , or whether it is intended to ...
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... pleasure , a willingness to subordinate and even suppress what is merely personal or private in favour of the generally interesting and the universally intelligible , the avoidance of mere display , and the conscious imitation of the ...
... pleasure , a willingness to subordinate and even suppress what is merely personal or private in favour of the generally interesting and the universally intelligible , the avoidance of mere display , and the conscious imitation of the ...
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THE CONCISENESS OF SWIFT HERBERT DAVIS Smith College | 33 |
THE INSPIRATION OF POPES POETRY JOHN BUTT Bedford | 65 |
WHERE ONCE STOOD THEIR PLAIN HOMELY DWELL | 80 |
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