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    This document discusses the English essayist James Hawkesworth and his work on the periodical The Adventurer. It provides analysis of Hawkesworth's style compared to Samuel Johnson and notes that Hawkesworth excelled at writing short stories, especially Eastern tales, for the periodical.

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    This document discusses the English essayist James Hawkesworth and his work on the periodical The Adventurer. It provides analysis of Hawkesworth's style compared to Samuel Johnson and notes that Hawkesworth excelled at writing short stories, especially Eastern tales, for the periodical.

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    This document discusses the English essayist James Hawkesworth and his work on the periodical The Adventurer. It provides analysis of Hawkesworth's style compared to Samuel Johnson and notes that Hawkesworth excelled at writing short stories, especially Eastern tales, for the periodical.

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    0 T H E ENGLI S H E SSAY AND E S SAYI STS
    merit in the essays but rather to the fact that he has no ,

    capital work with whi ch to support them ; for his poems and
    dramas are deserve dl y forgotten and in connexion with the ,

    voyages we thi nk rather o f Cook than o f Haw k s w o r t h e .

    No w very f e w authors have succeeded in winning permanent


    fame by reason o f fugitive essays I n The A dve n tur er more .
    ,

    over Haw k s w o r t h is crushed under the weight of Johnson


    ,
    e ,

    though he S hows himself for the purpose in View the b etter , ,

    writer of the two H w k s w o r t h deliberately imitated John . a e

    son and thi s fact may have disposed the latter the more
    ,

    readily to collaborate with him But while he is Johnsonian .


    ,

    in style hi s touch is lighter and his themes more varied than


    ,

    Johnson s He maintains the moral purpose o f the earlier


    ’
    .

    essayists is the champion o f religion inculcates milder


    , ,

    manners and in the excellent paper (No 5 ) o n various forms


    ,
    .

    o f cruelty advocates like F iel di ng kindness to the animal


    , , ,

    creation Th S pecial feature o f The Adve n tur e r however is


    . e , ,

    the frequency with which it resorts to the short story ; and


    it w s here espe ciall y in the Eastern tale that Haw k e s wo r t h
    a
    -
    , ,

    a r t iC
    iil excelled here were course stories astern
    ’

    p a rl
    y T f E .
    ,
    o , ,

    and Western in the earlier perio dicals ; Johnson hi mself


    ,

    introduces several Eastern ones into The R bler ; b ut in am

    none o f the earlier papers were they so numerous as in The


    A dve tu e n and none o f the periodical essayists has excelled
    r r,

    Ha w k s wo r t h in S kill in the construction o f them


    e All hi s .

    E astern tales are worthy o f praise ; but perhaps the b est is


    that of the avaricious C z an While Haw k e s w o r t h h as ara .

    nothi ng that can be s e t beside the x q is it e D Coverley .


    e .
    e

    papers Ca z n is quite worthy t f placed beside the


    ,
    ra a r “

    V is i o o
    f n M i rz Th o de m n a t i
    p ronoun
    a ed
    . b y t h e c n c e

    Deity is impressive
    Ca r z n thy wors hi p has n o t b een accepted b e c ause it
    a a , ,

    was not prompted by love o f G od ; neither can thy righteous


    ness be rewarded because it was not produced by love o f ,

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