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But their peculiarity is not excellence : if they differ from verses of others , they differ for the worse ; for they are too often distinguished by repulsive harshness ; the combination of words are new , but they are not pleasing ...
But their peculiarity is not excellence : if they differ from verses of others , they differ for the worse ; for they are too often distinguished by repulsive harshness ; the combination of words are new , but they are not pleasing ...
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What is said by Sprat of his conversation , that no man could draw from it any suspicion of his excellence in poetry , may be applied to these compositions . No author ever kept his verse and his prose at a greater distance from each ...
What is said by Sprat of his conversation , that no man could draw from it any suspicion of his excellence in poetry , may be applied to these compositions . No author ever kept his verse and his prose at a greater distance from each ...
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Those indeed who attain any excellence , commonly spend life in one pursuit ; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms . But to the particular species of excellence men are directed , not by an ascendant planet or ...
Those indeed who attain any excellence , commonly spend life in one pursuit ; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms . But to the particular species of excellence men are directed , not by an ascendant planet or ...
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