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A Bibliographical Account of the Principal Works Relating to English ... - Page 824
by William Upcott - 1818
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The Rambler: In Four Volumes. ...

Samuel Johnson - 1767 - 302 pages
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The Port Folio

1817 - 560 pages
...religious instructions, to their private fire-sides, is compared, in the eloquent Ramiiiri , to our entrance into a large city after a distant prospect:...and magnificence; but when we have passed the gates, vt find it perplexed witli narrow passages, disgraced with despica-. ble cottages, embarrassed with...
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Select British Classics, Volume 5

1803 - 322 pages
...conceptions to mix ii\ the circulation. A transition from an authbr's book to his conversation is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant...and turrets of palaces, and imagine it the residence ef splendour, grandeur, and magnificence ; but when we have passed the gates, we find it perplexed...
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The Rambler, by S. Johnson, Volume 1

1806 - 348 pages
...transition from an author's book to his con. versation, is too often like an entrance into a lai ge city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we see nothing...magnificence ; but, when we have passed the gates, we find it perplexed with narrow passages, disgraced with despicable cottages, em. harassed with. obstructions,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 380 pages
...circulation. A transition from an author's book to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into alaige city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we see nothing but spires of temples and turrets of pa. laces, and imagine it the residence of splendour, grandeur, and magnificence ; but, when we have...
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on ..., Volume 4

1808 - 416 pages
...ACCOUNT OF MH-• , T , , .. . .. . f*.',,* from an author's book to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant...magnificence ; but, when we have passed the gates, we find it perplexed with narrow passages, disgraced with despicable cottages, embarrassed with obstructions,...
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The British Essayists;: Rambler

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 372 pages
..." A transition from an author's book to his conversation is too often like an entrance into a Jarge city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we see nothing...magnificence ; but when we have passed the gates, we find it perplexed with narrow passages, disgraced with despicable cottages, embarrassed with obstructions,...
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The British Essayists, Volume 19

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 376 pages
...striking in the English language. " A transition from an author's book to his conversation is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant...and turrets of palaces, and imagine it the residence Booked from the book to the man, presented a £ contrast that would no doubt frequently excite BIOGRAPHICAL...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 pages
...his conversation, 4 j is too often like an entrance into a large city, ^ • Life, vol. 1, p. 178. after a distant prospect. Remotely, we see nothing...and magnificence; but when we have passed the gates, we find it perplexed with narrow passages, disgraced with despicable cottages, embarrassed with obstructions,...
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The Rambler, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 352 pages
...conceptions to mix in the circulation. A transition from an author's book to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant...turrets of palaces, and imagine it the residence of splendor, grandeur, and. magnificence; but, when we have passed the gates, vre find it perplexed with...
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