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... standard that were quite distinct from his tavern - chair manner . Talking and writing were for him quite separate arts : As many please [ he wrote ] by extemporary talk , though utterly unacquainted with the more accurate method and ...
... standard that were quite distinct from his tavern - chair manner . Talking and writing were for him quite separate arts : As many please [ he wrote ] by extemporary talk , though utterly unacquainted with the more accurate method and ...
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... standard ( ' the interpreter of nature . . . the legislator of mankind .. being superior to time and place ' ) that Rasselas protests himself convinced that no human being can ever be a poet . The hermit , after fifteen years of ...
... standard ( ' the interpreter of nature . . . the legislator of mankind .. being superior to time and place ' ) that Rasselas protests himself convinced that no human being can ever be a poet . The hermit , after fifteen years of ...
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... standard edition for scholars ) . Edited by R. Ingpen , 2 vols . , 1907 ( notable for its large assembly of illustrations ) . Handy reprints are provided by the Oxford , Globe and Every- man editions . AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND GENIUS OF ...
... standard edition for scholars ) . Edited by R. Ingpen , 2 vols . , 1907 ( notable for its large assembly of illustrations ) . Handy reprints are provided by the Oxford , Globe and Every- man editions . AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND GENIUS OF ...
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