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... epitaph , as in many others , there appears , at the first view , a fault which I think scarcely any beauty can com- pensate . The name is omitted . The end of an epitaph is to convey some account of the dead ; and to what purpose is ...
... epitaph , as in many others , there appears , at the first view , a fault which I think scarcely any beauty can com- pensate . The name is omitted . The end of an epitaph is to convey some account of the dead ; and to what purpose is ...
Page 384
... epitaph the first couplet is good , the second not bad , the third is deformed with a broken metaphor , the word crowned not being applicable to the honours or the lays , and the * Sir Godfrey Kneller ( 1646 ? -1723 ) , a Dutch artist ...
... epitaph the first couplet is good , the second not bad , the third is deformed with a broken metaphor , the word crowned not being applicable to the honours or the lays , and the * Sir Godfrey Kneller ( 1646 ? -1723 ) , a Dutch artist ...
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... epitaph Mr Warburton prefers to the rest , but I know not for what reason . To crown with reflection is surely a mode of speech approaching to nonsense . Opening virtues blooming round , is something like tautology ; the six following ...
... epitaph Mr Warburton prefers to the rest , but I know not for what reason . To crown with reflection is surely a mode of speech approaching to nonsense . Opening virtues blooming round , is something like tautology ; the six following ...
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