 | Thomas Purnell - 1867 - 316 páginas
...inventor. He gave a new form to our literature; or, as it is quaintly ,put by one of his contemporaries, " his " writings have set all our wits and men of letters " upon a new way of thinking." STERNE. LTHOUGH much has been written on Humour, and very many acute observations have been made on... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1883 - 674 páginas
...verily persuaded that Captain STEELE is the greatest Scholar and best Casuist of any man in England. Lastly, his writings have set all our Wits and Men of Letters on a new way of Thinking, of which they had little or no notion before: and, although we cannot say... | |
 | Alexandre Beljame - 1881 - 542 páginas
...relish'd and caressed by the Merchants on the Change;... Lastly, His Writings have set all our Wit» and Men of Letters upon a new way of Thinking, of which they had little or no Notion before ; and tlio' we cannot yet say that any of them have come up to the Beauties of the Original, I think we may... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 508 páginas
...verily persuaded that Captain Steele is the greatest scholar and best casuist of any man in England. Lastly, his writings have set all our wits and men...them have come up to the beauties of the original, 1 think we may venture to affirm, that every one of them writes and thinks much more justly than they... | |
 | Alexandre Beljame - 1883 - 526 páginas
...Notion before ; and tho' we cannot yet say that any of them hâve corne up to thé Beauties of thé Original, I think we may venture to affirm, that every...Writes and Thinks much more justly than they did some lime since.... You may remember I told you before that one Cause assign'd for thé laying down thé... | |
 | John Gay - 1711 - 50 páginas
...verily persuaded that Captain STEELE is the greatest Scholar and best Casuist of any man in England. Lastly, his writings have set all our Wits and Men of Letters on a new way of Thinking, of which they had little or no notion before : and, although we cannot say... | |
 | 1888 - 498 páginas
...best casuist of any man in England Lastly, his writings have set all onr wits and men of letters on a new way of thinking, of which they had little or no notion before : and, although we cannot say that any of them have come up to the beauties of the original, I think we may... | |
 | 1888 - 488 páginas
...verily persuaded that Captain Steele is the greatest scholar and best casuist of any man in England Lastly, his writings have set all our wits and men of letters on a new way of thinking, of which they had little or no notion before : and, although we cannot say... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1889 - 462 páginas
...verily persuaded that Captain Steele is the greatest scholar and best casuist of any man in England. " Lastly, his writings have set all our wits and men...the original, I think we may venture to affirm that everyone of them writes and think'1 much more justly than they did some time since." two Tatlers by... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1896 - 152 páginas
...Let us see how competent critics judge Steele. Here is what Gay, his contemporary, said of him : " His writings have set all our wits and men of letters...little or no notion before ; and though we cannot say that any of them have come up to the beauties of the original, I think we may venture to affirm... | |
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... we cannot yet say that any of them have come up to the beauties of the original, I think we may venture to affirm, that every one of them writes and thinks much more justly than they did some time since. 
