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...there is a striking instance recorded, in the life of that great genius, of whom Dr. Johnson says, " Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." The instance referred to is recorded in Mr. Exley's Encyclopaedia, under the article, Addison, and...

...few will call in question "Whoever," says Dr. Johnson, (Life of Addison, in the English Poets) •'" wishes to attain an English style, familiar •but...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." The papers in the Spectator, claimed for , are in number two hundred and se« venty-four. About two...

...and he did not wish to 6e energetic ; he is never rapid, and he neyer stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude nor affected brevity ; his...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. IV. — Pleasure and Pain. THERE were two families, which from the beginning of the world, were as...

...and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity ;...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison, HUGHES. JOHN HUGHES, the son of a citizen in London, and of Anne Burgess, of an ancient family in Wiltshire,...

...and he did not wish to be energetick ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity ;...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. HUGHES. JOHN HUGHES, the son of a citizen in London, and of Anne Burgess, of an ancient family in Wiltshire,...

...and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity ;...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. HUGHES. JOHN HUGHES, the son of a citizen in London, and of Anne Burgess, of an ancient family in Wiltshire,...

...he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude nor afiected brevity ; his periods, though not diligently rounded,...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. IV. — Pleasure and Pain. — SPECTATOR. THERE were two families, which, from the begirtningof the...

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