English Prose: Eighteenth centurySir Henry Craik Macmillan, 1911 |
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... respect even from those to whom his writings seem most barren of human interest . To him literary style was , so far as conscious effort went , a meaningless phrase ; he is correct and lucid only from the clearness of his own views ...
... respect even from those to whom his writings seem most barren of human interest . To him literary style was , so far as conscious effort went , a meaningless phrase ; he is correct and lucid only from the clearness of his own views ...
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... respects so much in contrast as Johnson . In Horsley we may find an example of what religious writing became in the latter part of the century , earnest and conscientious , rich in scholarship and robust in thought , but moving rather ...
... respects so much in contrast as Johnson . In Horsley we may find an example of what religious writing became in the latter part of the century , earnest and conscientious , rich in scholarship and robust in thought , but moving rather ...
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... respect of not a few of its highest qualities , above all in respect of absolute lucidity , unfailing vigour , and saving common sense . Just in so far as Gibbon was not so great a man as Johnson , does his style fall below Johnson's ...
... respect of not a few of its highest qualities , above all in respect of absolute lucidity , unfailing vigour , and saving common sense . Just in so far as Gibbon was not so great a man as Johnson , does his style fall below Johnson's ...
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... respect for the century of which he was the characteristic product . : Lastly , in Burke we have to recognise not the politician only , instinct with sincerity , unfettered by convention , illimitable in range , and giving shape and ...
... respect for the century of which he was the characteristic product . : Lastly , in Burke we have to recognise not the politician only , instinct with sincerity , unfettered by convention , illimitable in range , and giving shape and ...
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... respects there is not much which could properly be dealt with here at any great length . Berkeley was an almost perfect model of a Christian gentleman , a pattern of that sort of character which , though it may at one time be held ...
... respects there is not much which could properly be dealt with here at any great length . Berkeley was an almost perfect model of a Christian gentleman , a pattern of that sort of character which , though it may at one time be held ...
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