...vain-glury and «elf-conceit. To show their particular aversion to it, they branded this furin of writing with the name of an egotism, a figure not to be found among the ancient rhetoricians." — Spectator. " People of clear heads are what the world call» opinionated."— SHKSSTOHB. " Bnt...

...Vain/Glory and Self'Conceit To shew their particular Aversion to it, they branded this Form of Writing with the Name of an Egotism \ a Figure not to be found among the ancient Rhetoricians* The most violent Egotism which I have met with in the Course of my Reading, is that of Cardinal Woolsey,...

...quotation). JAH MURRAY. Oxford. EGOTISM. — Littre', sv "Egotisme," says that the origin of the intrusive t is a question for English scholars. It would appear,...analogy of some rhetorical or grammatical term, possibly ii! I otis i nc; but perhaps the context of the passage in which the word first appears would settle...

...glory and self-conceit. To show their particular aversion to it, they branded this form of writing with the name of an egotism — a figure not to be found among the ancient rhetoricians." And to this essay Addison prefixes a motto from the " Eunuchus " of Terence— Presens, absens lit...

...vain-glory and self-conceit. To show their particular aversion to it, they branded this form of writing with the name of an egotism ; a figure not to be found among the ancient rhetoricians. The most violent egotism which I have met with in the course of my reading, is that of Cardinal Wolsey,...

...vain-glory and self-conceit. To show their particular aversion to it, they branded this form of writing with the name of an egotism ; a figure not to be found among the ancient rhetoricians.'' It is well linown that Pierre Nicole edited ' Les Provinciales, ou Lettres Ecrites par Louis de Montalte,'...

...self-conceit. To show their particular aversion to it, they branded this form of writing with the nante of an egotism ; a figure not to be found among the ancient rhetoricians. The most violent egotism which I have met with in the course of my reading, is that of Cardinal Wolsey,...