Elements of General Knowledge, Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal Branches of Literature and Science: With Lists of the Most Approved Authors, Including the Best Editions of the Classics ; Designed Chiefly for the Junior Students in the Universities and the Higher Classes in Schools ; in Two Volumes. 1Messrs. Rivington, St. Paul's Church Yard; Hatchard, Piccadilly; and Egerton, Withehall; J. Parker and J. Cooke, Oxford; and Deighton, Cambridge, 1806 - 564 oldal |
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... observe , that his ftyle is ftrongly marked by pomp , affectation , and redundancy ; that he frequently uses words in new and unauthorised fenses ; and fometimes adopts the French idiom . It is not eafy to estimate how much the Scotch ...
... observe , that his ftyle is ftrongly marked by pomp , affectation , and redundancy ; that he frequently uses words in new and unauthorised fenses ; and fometimes adopts the French idiom . It is not eafy to estimate how much the Scotch ...
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... that when I made these observations , I had Gibbon in view . It would lead me into too prolix a detail , if I were to point out how much he has ftop the progrefs of vulgar intellect ; and produces thofe 246 HISTORY IN GENERAL .
... that when I made these observations , I had Gibbon in view . It would lead me into too prolix a detail , if I were to point out how much he has ftop the progrefs of vulgar intellect ; and produces thofe 246 HISTORY IN GENERAL .
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Elements of General Knowledge, Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal ... Henry Kett Nincs elérhető előnézet - 1806 |
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