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... wrote so much , and praised so few . Of his praise he was very frugal ; as he set its value high , and considered his mention of a name as a security against the waste of time , and a certain preservative from oblivion . At Florence he ...
... wrote so much , and praised so few . Of his praise he was very frugal ; as he set its value high , and considered his mention of a name as a security against the waste of time , and a certain preservative from oblivion . At Florence he ...
Page 225
... wrote very early as well as he ever wrote ; and the performances of youth have many favourers , because the authors yet lay no claim to publick honours , and are therefore not considered as rivals by the distributors of fame . VOL . I ...
... wrote very early as well as he ever wrote ; and the performances of youth have many favourers , because the authors yet lay no claim to publick honours , and are therefore not considered as rivals by the distributors of fame . VOL . I ...
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... wrote this poem , seems not yet fully to have formed his versification , or settled his system of propriety .. From this time , he addicted himself almost wholly to the stage , to which , says he , my genius never much inclined me ...
... wrote this poem , seems not yet fully to have formed his versification , or settled his system of propriety .. From this time , he addicted himself almost wholly to the stage , to which , says he , my genius never much inclined me ...
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