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... Euripides . His Euripides is , by Mr Cradock's kindness , now in my hands : the margin is sometimes noted ; but I have found nothing remarkable . Of the English poets he set most value upon Spenser , Shake- speare , and Cowley ...
... Euripides . His Euripides is , by Mr Cradock's kindness , now in my hands : the margin is sometimes noted ; but I have found nothing remarkable . Of the English poets he set most value upon Spenser , Shake- speare , and Cowley ...
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... Euripides's ex- ample : but joy may be raised too , and that doubly ; either by seeing a wicked man punished , or a good man at last fortunate ; or perhaps indignation , to see wickedness prosperous and good- ness depressed : both these ...
... Euripides's ex- ample : but joy may be raised too , and that doubly ; either by seeing a wicked man punished , or a good man at last fortunate ; or perhaps indignation , to see wickedness prosperous and good- ness depressed : both these ...
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... Euripides , & c . , had or truly could determine what all the excellences of tragedy are , and wherein they consist . ' Next shew in what ancient tragedy was deficient : for example , in the narrowness of its plots , and fewness of ...
... Euripides , & c . , had or truly could determine what all the excellences of tragedy are , and wherein they consist . ' Next shew in what ancient tragedy was deficient : for example , in the narrowness of its plots , and fewness of ...
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