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... elegance . If any ex- ceptions can be made , they are very few : Haddon and Ascham , the pride of Elizabeth's reign , however they may have succeeded in prose , no sooner attempt verses than they provoke derision . If * sizar , a ...
... elegance . If any ex- ceptions can be made , they are very few : Haddon and Ascham , the pride of Elizabeth's reign , however they may have succeeded in prose , no sooner attempt verses than they provoke derision . If * sizar , a ...
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... elegance , rather called an act of oblivion than of grace . Goodwin was named , with nineteen more , as incapacitated for any publick trust ; but of Milton there was no exception . Of this tenderness shewn to Milton , the curiosity of ...
... elegance , rather called an act of oblivion than of grace . Goodwin was named , with nineteen more , as incapacitated for any publick trust ; but of Milton there was no exception . Of this tenderness shewn to Milton , the curiosity of ...
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... elegance , it would be difficult to conjecture , were not the power of prejudice every day observed . The authority of Jonson , Sandys , and Holiday , had fixed the judgement of the nation ; and it was not easily believed that a better ...
... elegance , it would be difficult to conjecture , were not the power of prejudice every day observed . The authority of Jonson , Sandys , and Holiday , had fixed the judgement of the nation ; and it was not easily believed that a better ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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